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Senate debates child-welfare benefit changes, tables bill for fiscal review
Summary
Senator Weiler presented amendments to require benefit screening for children in state custody, to place benefits in protected child accounts and to lower the state's share of maintenance use from 75% to 25%. Senators noted a significant fiscal impact and the Senate voted to table the bill on third for further fiscal analysis.
Senators debated House Bill 108, a measure that would require state agencies to screen children in state custody for federal benefits, place eligible benefits in protected child-specific accounts and reduce the proportion of benefits the state may use for maintenance from 75% to 25%.
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