00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 434(JUD)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to family self-sufficiency plans under the Alaska temporary                                            
02 assistance program; relating to the assessment of recipients of assistance under the                                    
03 Alaska temporary assistance program for the use of alcohol and controlled                                               
04 substances and compliance with recommendations of the assessment as a condition                                         
05 of the recipient's family self-sufficiency plan; and providing for an effective date."                                  
06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
07    * Section 1.  AS 47.27.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
08  (a)  A participant in the Alaska temporary assistance program shall cooperate                                         
09 with the department, or its designee, to develop and sign a family self-sufficiency plan                                
10 that includes                                                                                                           
11   (1)  the steps the family will take towards the self-sufficiency of the                                              
12 family;                                                                                                                 
13   (2)  the self-sufficiency services the department will provide to assist                                             
14 the family to attain self-sufficiency;                                                                                  
01   (3)  specific benchmarks to indicate the steps toward successful                                                     
02 completion of the family plan;                                                                                          
03   (4)  a statement that the family may be subject to  reduction or                                                    
04 elimination of benefits  [BENEFIT REDUCTIONS] or other sanctions if the family                                         
05 fails to comply with the family plan; and                                                                               
06   (5)  a statement that describes the necessary conditions and the steps                                               
07 that must be taken to renegotiate the terms of the family plan.                                                         
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.27.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
09  (d)  The department shall screen adult participants to identify barriers to family                                    
10 self-sufficiency related to the use of alcohol or controlled substances.  As a condition                                
11 of the plan, the department may refer the participant for assessment and require the                                    
12 participant to comply with the recommendations of the assessment as a condition of                                      
13 the family self-sufficiency plan.  Assessments shall be conducted at a facility approved                                
14 under AS 47.37.140.                                                                                                     
15    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.