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Panel releases bill directing agencies to review income eligibility standards for public assistance programs
3720480 · May 8, 2025
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Summary
A4613 directs state agencies to assess whether they can raise income eligibility standards for housing, nutrition and student aid programs so that rising minimum wages do not push working families off assistance; members asked for more analysis of sliding‑scale options and fiscal impacts.
The Assembly committee moved A4613 out of committee May 7, 2025, a bill that would require state agencies administering certain public assistance, school‑nutrition, and higher‑education financial‑aid programs to review and increase, if authorized and fiscally feasible, income…
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