Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The first paragraph of section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 174 of chapter 351 of the acts of 1981, is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence and insert in place thereof the following two sentences:- The department shall aid a parent in properly bringing up, in his or her own home, each dependent child, but no aid shall be granted, under this chapter, for, or on account of, any child unless the said child resides in the commonwealth. Further, the department shall render aid to any pregnant women, who is otherwise eligible, upon medical verification of pregnancy.