An Act to replace stolen benefits

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An Act to replace stolen benefits

An Act to replace stolen benefits By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

• An Act to replace stolen benefits By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
• 254) of Sally P.
• Kerans and others for legislation to replace stolen transitional assistance financial assistance program benefits.
• Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

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Official Summary Text

An Act to replace stolen benefits
By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 254) of Sally P. Kerans and others for legislation to replace stolen transitional assistance financial assistance program benefits. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.254

Section 2 of chapter 18 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (B)(s), the following new subsection:-

Subsection (t). promptly replace the full amount of financial assistance or nutrition benefits stolen through electronic benefit transfer card skimming, card cloning or other fraudulent methods, including organized identity theft schemes, to the extent the federal government fails to provide federal funds to replace stolen benefits, provided that the thefts have been reported to or identified by the Department in accordance with procedures for making and verifying replacement claims established by the department.

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