HB 661 (2025)
Establish requirements for DHHS management of social security, veterans benefits for children in their care
This bill is still active.
Clarifies the obligation of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to ensure that social security payments, supplemental security income payments, and veterans benefits for children in the care of the Department be held securely until the child has reached the age of majority or is no longer in the care of the Department. In the past DHHS has used these funds to reimburse the state for various expenses. The bill makes an appropriation to the Department to cover expenses.
The House rewrote the bill to more broadly establish requirements for the management of federal benefits received by dependent children in the custody of DHHS. This bill provides for appointment of a representative payee, which may be DHHS if no other suitable candidate is available. This bill also directs DHHS to adopt procedures regarding establishment of ABLE accounts for dependent children for whom DHHS is representative payee.
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