00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 255                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to a waiver of work requirements or time limits in the food stamp                                      
02 program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 47.25.975 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (d)  In implementing the food stamp program under (a) of this section, the                                   
06       department                                                                                                        
07 (1)  shall request, accept, and attempt to renew or extend a waiver                                                     
08 under 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) of the work requirements and time limits applicable to an                                     
09 able-bodied adult without dependents to the maximum extent allowed under federal                                        
10       law and regulations for each area of the state;                                                                   
11 (2)  shall, if the federal government approves a waiver under (1) of this                                               
12 subsection, implement the waiver of the work requirements and time limits applicable                                    
13 to an able-bodied adult without dependents to the maximum extent allowed under the                                      
14       waiver; and                                                                                                       
01                 (3)  may not establish a more stringent work requirement or time limit                                  
02 applicable to an able-bodied adult without dependents than allowed under the waiver.                                    
03    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
04 read:                                                                                                                   
05 WAIVER APPLICATION. The Department of Health and Social Services shall                                                  
06 promptly apply to the federal government for a waiver under 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) if the                                  
07 department determines that the waiver is necessary to implement the changes proposed in sec.                            
08 1 of this Act.                                                                                                          
09    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
10 read:                                                                                                                   
11 CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) The commissioner of health and                                                    
12 social services shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing, on or before January 1, 2021, if                       
13 the United States Department of Agriculture approves the amendments to the state plan                                   
14 effecting the change enacted by sec. 1 of this Act.                                                                     
15       (b)  Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if the commissioner of health and social                             
16 services notifies the revisor of statutes in writing as required under (a) of this section.                             
17    * Sec. 4. If sec. 1 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the day after the date the revisor                
18 of statutes receives notice from the commissioner of health and social services under sec. 3 of                         
19 this Act.