BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5397

SB 5397: Public benefit payments/DCYF

Preserving public benefit payments to people in the care of the department of children, youth, and families.

Summary

Directs the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to end the practice of using a person's public benefits to reimburse DCYF for the person's cost of care by July 1, 2026.
Creates the Cost of Care Work Group to consider policies and develop a timeline for DCYF to implement this change, with a report due to the Legislature and Governor by December 1, 2024.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to preserving public benefit payments to people in the care of the department of children, youth, and families;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5397)
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 1, 2023Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5397)
Feb 1, 2023Referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 31, 2023HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5397)
Jan 31, 2023And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5397)
Jan 31, 2023And refer to Ways & Means.
Jan 31, 2023HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 16, 2023First reading, referred to Human Services.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5397 (2025–26) CTC faculty w/o tenure limit · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5397 (2021–22) Access to behavioral health · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5397 (2019–20) Plastic packaging · Enacted · Chapter 460, Laws of 2019
SB 5397 (2017–18) Petition disclosure · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5397 (2015–16) Trans.-related information · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5397 (2013–14) Community mental health · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5397 (2011–12) Unauthorized insurance · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5397 (2009–10) Alternative public works · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor