Making an appropriation to provide assistance to parents, guardians, and custodians with costs resulting from the death of a child

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2019
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   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of public health for a grant to provide assistance to parents, guardians, and custodians with the costs resulting from the death of a child. The bill includes grantee qualifications; limits assistance to the costs incurred for a funeral, burial or cremation, cemetery costs, or grave marker costs associated with the unintended death of a child of the parent or a child under the care or custody of the guardian or custodian; limits eligibility to parents, guardians, and custodians who receive county, state, or federal public assistance or do not have the financial resources to pay for more than a portion of the costs; requires approval of a request for assistance by a local board or department of public health or the county general assistance director; limits assistance under the grant to not more than $2,000; and allows a recipient to receive other public or private assistance in addition to grant assistance.

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