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                                     LRB093 03766 DRJ 15227 a

 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 294

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 294 on page  2,  by
 3    replacing lines 18 through 20 with the following:
 4    "threshold  ineligible  for  assistance. In fiscal year 2004,
 5    the specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the  2001
 6    State  median  income  for  each  family size. In fiscal year
 7    2005, the specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the
 8    2003 State median income for each family size. In fiscal year
 9    2006 and thereafter, the specified threshold must be no  less
10    than  50%  of  the  then-current State median income for each
11    family size."; and

12    on page  4,  by  replacing  lines  11  through  14  with  the
13    following:
14    "children  in  care.   Co-payments shall not be increased due
15    solely to a change in the  methodology  for  counting  family
16    income.".