BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5159: Dev disabled family support
Limiting reduction or termination of family support services to persons with developmental disabilities for reduced attendance in programs or facilities.
Summary
- Provides that the department shall not reduce or terminate funding for family support services for an eligible person based on reduced attendance in a program or facility if: (1) The reduced attendance is due to a condition related to the eligible person's developmental disability or a chronic illness; and (2) the department determines that: (a) the benefit to the eligible person is not substantially diminished by…
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 16, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 16, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
5 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5159 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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