MA H5119

Bill

MA H5119

Establishing a Children and Family Legal Representation Trust Fund

Introduced
07/28/2022

In Committee
07/28/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Section 101 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 (see House, No. 5050), which had been returned by His Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment N of House, No. 5132). July 28, 2022.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a Children and Family Legal Representation Trust Fund to be administered by the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services. The fund will be credited with revenue from appropriations, federal reimbursements, and interest earned. The money in the fund can be used for various purposes, including providing pre-petition representation, increasing the availability and quality of representation statewide, ensuring availability of education advocacy, improving the quality of advocacy through training and performance evaluations, and improving data collection and reporting systems. The chief counsel is required to file an annual report on the fund's activities. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2022.

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Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/03/2023)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H5119

(2 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H5119
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H5119.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H5050	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2023 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Item 8900-0001 passed over veto - 131 YEAS to 22 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 268)	Replaced by
H5132	So much of the message from His Excellency the Governor returning the General Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2023 (see House, No. 5050) as relates to Attachments A through Z, for items returned with disapproval of wording under the provisions of Section 5 of Article LXIII and sections returned with recommendations of amendments under the provisions of Article LVI of the Amendments to the Constitution (House, No. 5132). July 28, 2022	See H5050	Replaced by

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