Section 71 Employment Bridge Payment 2

          Said section 110 of said chapter 5, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-

          (n) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, when the department closes a family's transitional aid to families with dependent children case because such family earned income that exceeds the payment standard, and such family's income is less than 200 per cent of the federal poverty level for such family's household size, the department shall pay the family, in equal installments over a 4 month period, the equivalent of 6 months of the full payment standard of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits for such family's household size at the time of case closure. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, any payment pursuant to this subsection shall not be considered income for the purpose of determining: (i) such recipient's eligibility for any benefit or service offered or administered by the commonwealth, or (ii) the extent of any such benefit or service to be received by such recipient.

This section, together with its related section, amends the employment bridge payment to an amount equivalent to benefits subject to a 50% disregard.