HB 260-DAY CARE ASSISTANCE & CHILD CARE GRANTS                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:45:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  announced that the  next order of business  would be                                                              
HOUSE  BILL  NO.  260,  "An  Act   relating  to  the  recovery  of                                                              
overpayments  of day care  assistance and  child care  grants; and                                                              
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TARR  stated  that  she would  keep  working  with                                                              
community partners on an amendment for the payment structure.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE VAZQUEZ  relayed that she had raised  concern about                                                              
recovery of overpayments in the heating assistance program.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:48:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SEAN  O'BRIEN, Director,  Director's  Office,  Division of  Public                                                              
Assistance,  Department  of  Health and  Social  Services  (DHSS),                                                              
relayed that the  division had no objection to  either the heating                                                              
assistance  program   or  senior  benefits  being   added  to  the                                                              
proposed bill.   He  stated that initially  the proposed  bill had                                                              
focused   primarily   on   new   regulations   and   new   federal                                                              
requirements.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON, in  response to  Representative Vazquez,  suggested                                                              
that the Legislative  Legal Services draft an amendment  as it was                                                              
"more complicated than just changing a number."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  VAZQUEZ explained  that she  had been waiting  for                                                              
the response  from the Department  of Health and  Social Services,                                                              
in case there  was a valid reason  for not adding to  the proposed                                                              
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON directed  attention to the written  response from the                                                              
division,  noting   that  DHSS   had  agreed  to   the  suggestion                                                              
[Included in members' packets].                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  VAZQUEZ  said that  she  would have  an  amendment                                                              
drafted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:51:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON said  that  HB  260 would  be  held  over until  the                                                              
amendment was available.