Legislative record
Summary
Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.
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Bill text
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- IntroducedOfficial document (HTML)
- IntroducedOfficial document (PDF)
- Social Services Subcommittee SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Social Services Subcommittee SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Health and Human Services SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Health and Human Services SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Health and Human Services SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Health and Human Services SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Health and Human Services SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Health and Human Services SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Health & Human Resources Subcommittee SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
- Health & Human Resources Subcommittee SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Appropriations SubstituteOfficial document (PDF)
- Appropriations SubstituteOfficial document (HTML)
Roll-call record
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Docket history
Action history
- 7/21/2026Continued from last session
- 3/3/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 2/25/2026Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 2/20/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB560)
- 2/18/2026Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 2/18/2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2/17/2026Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)
- 2/16/2026Read second time
- 2/16/2026committee substitute rejected
- 2/16/2026committee substitute agreed to