1995-03-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 0809
SB 98                                                                        
The Health, Education and Social Services Committee considered                 
SENATE BILL NO. 98 "An Act making changes related to the aid                   
to families with dependent children program, the Medicaid program,             
the general relief assistance program, and the adult public assistance         
program; directing the Department of Health and Social Services to             
apply to the federal government for waivers to implement the                   
changes where necessary; relating to eligibility for permanent fund            
dividends of certain individuals who receive state assistance, to              
notice requirements applicable to the dividend program; and                    
providing for an effective date" and recommended it be replaced                
with                                                                           
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 98(HES), entitled:                                      
"An Act making changes related to the aid to families with                     
dependent children program, the Medicaid program, the general relief           
assistance program, and the adult public assistance program; relating          
to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services;                 
establishing a 30-day residency requirement for the program of aid             
to families with dependent children (AFDC); reducing AFDC                      
payment levels; requiring minor parents to live in adult-supervised            
living arrangements in order to be eligible for AFDC benefits;                 
limiting AFDC benefits to 24 months under certain circumstances;               
limiting AFDC benefits to 60 months under other circumstances;                 
establishing penalties for noncompliance with certain AFDC program             
requirements; requiring the signing of a personal responsibility               
statement as an eligibility requirement for the AFDC program;                  
prohibiting increases in AFDC benefits for a child who is born while           
the parent is receiving AFDC benefits or if the parent was receiving           
AFDC benefits at any time during the 10 months preceding the                   
child's birth, with exceptions; establishing a workfare pilot project          
for AFDC recipients; providing that payment of AFDC benefits to                
residents of the state who have resided here less than six months              
will be at the level they would have qualified for in their previous           
state of residency, with some exceptions; prohibiting the payment of           
interim adult public assistance while an initial determination of              
ineligibility is being appealed; and providing for an effective date."         
                                                                               
Signing do pass: Senator Green, Chair, Senators Miller, Leman.                 
                                                                               
Zero fiscal note published today from Senate Health, Education and             
Social Services Committee.                                                     

1995-03-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 0810
SB 98                                                                        
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.