BOSTON (SHNS) - The House's budget chief told the Healey administration Wednesday that the branch needs a lot more information before it can move forward with Healey's pending shelter funding and reforms bill. House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz asked for "detailed answers" to more than two pages of questions by Monday, Jan. 27, in a letter to Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz and Housing Secretary Edward Augustus, a copy of which was obtained by the News Service. Michlewitz' committee has been weighing the $425 million shelter mini-budget (H 51) since Jan. 9. Healey added additional proposals to reform the 1983 Right to Shelter Law into the mix in a Jan. 15 letter to top lawmakers. Gorzkowicz said Wednesday that existing funding for the shelter system is due to run out around Jan. 31, give or take a week. "Now as the House continues discussing the Governor's request it is important for our Members to understand how the [Emergency Assistance] system is currently operating. The Governor's request for changes to the Right to Shelter Law, a law that has been in place for 42 years, is significant and would have major implications that we need to better understand. For the House to move forward with H.51 and the Governor's request for changes to the EA system, we need more information on the impact of the potential modifications to the EA system and its beneficiaries," Michlewitz wrote to the Cabinet secretaries. The Boston Democrat's questions cover impact on school systems, safety and security of the Emergency Assistance program, citizenship and residency requirements, and general background. Michlewitz forwarded his letter to fellow House members Thursday morning and told them he looked forward to working with them on the issue "in the days and weeks ahead."