00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 228(HES)                                                                                          
01 "An Act reducing payment levels for the program of aid to families with                                                 
02 dependent children."                                                                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 47.25.320(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  The department shall determine the amount of assistance for a dependent                                          
06 child, and the relative with whom the dependent child is living, with regard to the                                     
07 resources and necessary expenditures of the family and the condition existing in each                                   
08 case.  Assistance is sufficient if, when added to all other income and support available                                
09 to the child, the child and relative have reasonable subsistence compatible with                                        
10 decency and health.  However, on and after the effective date of this Act, the                                        
11 amount of assistance may not exceed the following:                                                                      
12   (1)  dependent child living with nonneedy relative: $463 [FOR A                                                    
13 DEPENDENT CHILD WHO IS LIVING IN THE HOME OF A NONNEEDY                                                                 
14 RELATIVE, $452], plus $87 [$102] for each additional child;                                                           
01   (2)  dependent child living with parent:                                                                             
02   (A)  for a parent and one dependent child, a maximum of $767                                                      
03 [$821];                                                                                                                 
04   (B)  for each additional dependent child, or for a second parent,                                                  
05 $87 [$102] a month per individual;                                                                                     
06   (3)  pregnant woman who is otherwise eligible for assistance under this                                              
07 section [, OR A SINGLE-PERSON HOUSEHOLD THAT DOES NOT CONSIST OF                                                        
08 A DEPENDENT CHILD]:  $437 [$514] a month.