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Establishing a home modification grant program within the department on aging, and providing an appropriation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 14, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 establishes a home modification grant program to be administered by the department on aging. To receive a grant under the program, a qualified homeowner must be the owner of a residential real property in the state that is the primary residence of the owner and be a qualified person or reside with a spouse or dependent who is a qualified person. Under the bill, a “qualified person” means a person whose income does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level and meets one of the following conditions: is at least years of age, is living with a disability as defined under federal law, or has a chronic condition the prognosis for which requires a permanent modification to the qualified person’s residence.
Read the full explanation
Grants under the program are limited to not more than $5,000 per primary residence and may only be used for modifications or improvements to a qualified person’s residence that are certified by a medical provider as necessary to accommodate the qualified person. Under the bill, a “modification or improvement” may consist of improvements to real property following a specified modification or improvement but does not include the construction of a new residence or an addition to or modification of an existing residence that expands the living area but is not otherwise described as an allowable modification or improvement under the bill. The bill includes an appropriation to the department on aging to provide grants and for the administration of the grant program.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 16, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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