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Councilmember David Grosso
ABILL.
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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cb To amend section 303ofthe PreventionofChild Abuse and Neglect Act of 1977 to require the
12 Child and Family Services Agency to resolve all Social Security Disability Income
13 overpayments that occurred in their care.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,That this
16 act may be cited as the OverpaymentofBenefits for Youth in Care Amendment Act of 2020,
7 Sec.. 2. Section 303 of the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Act of 1977, effective
18 September 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-22; D.C. Official Code 4~1303.03), is amended by adding a
19 new subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
20 (b-2) (1) The Agency shall be responsible for updating the income status ofa youth in
21 the Agency's custody with the Social Security Administration whenever such status changes
2 prior to the youth reaching the age of 18 or prior to the youth becoming the youths own payee.
23 (2) The Agency shall be responsible for any overpaymentsofSupplemental
24 Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance resulting from failure to update the
25 income status ofa youth in its custody.
26 Section. 3. Fiscal impact statement.
27 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal
28 impact statement required by section 4aofthe General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
29 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code 1-301.47a).
30 Section 4. Effective date.
31 This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the eventofveto by the
32 Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as
33 provided in section 602(c)(I) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
34 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of
35 Columbia Register.