2026 -- H 7690 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Stewart, Alzate, Slater, Kislak, Kazarian, | |
Date Introduced: February 11, 2026 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 40-5.2-35 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-5.2 entitled "The Rhode |
2 | Island Works Program" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 40-5.2-35. Child support pass-through. |
4 | For any month in which a noncustodial parent makes a child support payment in the month |
5 | when due and the support is collected by the department of human services, for a child or children |
6 | receiving cash assistance pursuant to this chapter, the first fifty dollars ($50.00) one hundred dollars |
7 | ($100) for one child or the first two hundred dollars ($200) for more than one child of the child |
8 | support payment, or the actual amount of the child support payment if the payment is less than fifty |
9 | dollars ($50.00) one hundred dollars ($100) for one child or two hundred dollars ($200) for more |
10 | than one child, shall be paid to the family in which the child resides. If more than one noncustodial |
11 | parent makes a child support payment to children living in the same family, there shall only be one |
12 | payment of fifty dollars ($50.00) one hundred dollars ($100) for one child or two hundred dollars |
13 | ($200) for more than one child paid to the family from the child support collected. This payment is |
14 | known as the “pass through” payment and shall be sent to the family within two (2) business days |
15 | of the determination that the amount is due and owing and no later than within two (2) business |
16 | days of the end of the month in which the support was collected. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM | |
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1 | This act would amend the Rhode Island works program to increase the cash support pass- |
2 | through to one hundred dollars ($100) for one child and two hundred dollars ($200) for more than |
3 | one child. |
4 | This act would take effect July 1, 2026. |
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