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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5392 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001040 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Place, Quattrocchi, Hopkins, Santucci, Newberry, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Paplauskas, and J. Brien |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 07, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 40-5.2-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-5.2 entitled "The Rhode 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Island Works Program" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 40-5.2-11. Cash assistance. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) A family or assistance unit found by the department to meet the eligibility criteria set 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | forth in this chapter shall be eligible to receive cash assistance as of the date a signed, written 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | application, signed under a penalty of perjury, is received by the department. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The family members or assistance unit shall be eligible for cash assistance for so long 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | as they continue to meet the eligibility criteria outlined in accordance with this chapter. Parents and 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | adult non-parent caretaker relatives receiving cash assistance shall be eligible so long as they meet 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the terms and conditions of the work requirements of § 40-5.2-12. An adult caretaker relative shall 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | be eligible for assistance as a member of the assistance unit so long as he or she meets all the 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | eligibility requirements of this chapter. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) The monthly amount of cash assistance shall be equal to the payment standard for the 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | family minus the countable income of the family in that month. The department is authorized to 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | reduce the amount of assistance in the month of application to reflect the number of the days 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | between the first day of the month and the effective date of the application. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) A decision on the application for assistance shall be made or rejected by the department 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | no later than thirty (30) days following the date submitted and shall be effective as of the date of 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | application. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (e) The payment standard is equal to the sum of the following: five hundred ten dollars 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ($510) (four hundred forty-five dollars ($445) for a family residing in subsidized housing) for the 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | first person; one hundred ninety-one dollars ($191) for the second person; one hundred sixty-four 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | dollars ($164) for the third person; and one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) for each additional 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | person. 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (f) A family or assistance unit eligible for cash assistance pursuant to the provisions of this 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | section shall if otherwise qualified, be enrolled for assistance in the supplemental nutrition 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | assistance program (SNAP) pursuant to the provisions of chapter 6 of title 40. 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 9 |
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| 60 | 60 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 61 | 61 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 62 | 62 | | OF |
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| 63 | 63 | | A N A C T |
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| 64 | 64 | | RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM |
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| 65 | 65 | | *** |
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| 66 | 66 | | This act would provide that a family eligible for cash assistance pursuant to § 40-5.2-11, 1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | shall if qualified, be provided SNAP benefits. 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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