HB 1681-1_ Filed 04/09/2009, 09:30
Adopted 4/9/2009

COMMITTEE REPORT

MADAM PRESIDENT:

    The Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services, to which was referred House Bill No. 1681, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

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SOURCE: IC 21-12-6-14; (09)CR168103.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 21-12-6-14, AS ADDED BY P.L.168-2007, SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to a student described in section 2(b) 5(b) of this chapter.
    (b) A caseworker (as defined in IC 31-9-2-11) shall provide each student to whom the caseworker is assigned information concerning the program at the appropriate time for the student to receive the information, and shall explain the program to the student, and shall provide the student with information concerning:
         (1) Pell grants;
        (2) Chafee grants;
        (3) federal supplemental grants;
        (4) the Free Application for Federal Student Aid; and
        (5) the state student assistance commission.

    (c) A student who receives information under this section shall sign a written acknowledgment that the student received the information. The written acknowledgment must be placed in the student's case file.".
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SOURCE: ; (09)CR168103.6. -->     "SECTION 6. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The department of education, the department of child services, the state student assistance commission, and the commission for higher education shall jointly:
        (1) study whether there is a need for a foster care educational assistance program to assist a person who received foster care with educational assistance to supplement federal and state educational grants and assistance programs; and
        (2) submit a report containing recommendations to the legislative council by October 1, 2009, concerning:
            (A) whether legislation should be proposed to establish a foster care education assistance program; and
            (B) the best agency to administer a foster care education assistance program.
The report made to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
    (b) This section expires December 31, 2009.
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    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1681 as printed February 18, 2009.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0.

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    Miller
Chairperson


CR168103/DI 104    2009