An Act to Prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from Reducing General Assistance Reimbursement Maximums for Payment of Costs of Providing Emergency Shelter

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This bill ensures that the maximum amount of general assistance for emergency shelter will cover the actual cost of these services. It also prevents the Department of Health and Human Services from creating rules that would lower these maximums or set stricter time limits for emergency housing assistance than what is already in law. This act applies retroactively to July 1, 2023.

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