This bill provides that, retroactive to July 1, 2023, the maximum level of municipal general assistance for emergency shelter is the actual cost of providing emergency shelter services. It prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from adopting any rule reducing or otherwise restricting maximum levels of municipal general assistance for providing emergency shelter or any rule establishing maximum time periods for eligibility for emergency housing assistance that are more restrictive than limits established in the laws governing municipal general assistance.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1959, SP 766: 22.2491, 22.4308