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Sánchez Amdt - Sending Public Benefits Amendment to Study - Key Vote
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Carl Sciortino, Jr. voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Amendment Adopted (House) (83-75) - April 28, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Sending Public Benefits Amendment to Study
Vote to adopt an amendment to Amdt 119 to H 4600 that prohibits the provisions of Amdt 119, as specified in the highlights below, from coming into effect until the Executive Office of the Health and Human Services Department has studied the impact of the amendment on the state's economy and revenue costs to the state.
- -Requiring state government agencies to verify the legal presence of all adults who apply for state or federal public benefits beginning January 1, 2011 via one of the following :
- -State driver license or identification card;
-Military ID or military dependent's ID;
-Native American tribal document; or
-Notarized affidavit stating that he or she is a U.S. citizen or is otherwise lawfully present through the Federal Systematic Alien Verification Entitlement Program.
- -Any purpose for which lawful presence is not legally required;
-Emergency health care;
-Non-cash emergency disaster relief;
-Testing and treatment for communicable diseases; and
-Services which protect safety or aid in parental care via in-kind assistance at the community level, including, but not limited to, short-term shelters and soup kitchens; and
- -A fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000;
-A prison sentence of not less than 6 months and not more than 1 year; or
-Both a fine and imprisonment.
- -Distributional analysis of showing the impact on taxpayers of varying income levels;
-Current practice of other states; and
-Any anticipated change in employment and ancillary economic activity.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 14, 2010
Title: Sending Public Benefits Amendment to Study