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1 1 Section 1. WELFARE PROGRAM WAIVERS.
1 2 1. The department of human services shall submit a waiver
1 3 request or requests to the United States departments of health
1 4 and human services and agriculture as necessary to implement
1 5 the changes in program policy provided in this section which
1 6 may affect any of the following:
1 7 a. The family investment program administered under
1 8 chapter 239.
1 9 b. The medical assistance program administered under
1 10 chapter 249A.
1 11 c. The federal food stamp program.
1 12 d. Any other program with federal involvement which
1 13 provides benefits to a recipient of the family investment
1 14 program and which may be affected by the program policy change
1 15 provided in this section.
1 16 2. The waiver request or requests shall provide for all of
1 17 the following provisions:
1 18 a. The maximum grant payment amount for a recipient family
1 19 whose eligibility for the family investment program begins on
1 20 or after the effective date of the federal waiver shall be
1 21 limited to the amount that would be paid to a family with two
1 22 dependent children. However, if any recipient family has no
1 23 more than one dependent child on or after the effective date
1 24 of the waiver and a second birth event produces more than one
1 25 additional child, the family's grant payment amount shall be
1 26 adjusted to reflect the actual number of children added to the
1 27 family as a result of the second birth.
1 28 b. On or after the effective date of the federal waiver,
1 29 the grant payment amount for a recipient family participating
1 30 in the family investment program with two or more children
1 31 prior to the effective date of the waiver shall not be
1 32 increased to reflect the birth or adoption of additional
1 33 dependent children.
1 34 c. On or after the effective date of the federal waiver,
1 35 the provisions of a family investment agreement shall require
2 1 that if a dependent child of a family investment program
2 2 recipient does not regularly attend school, the recipient
2 3 family grant shall be reduced by fifty dollars per month until
2 4 the child begins regular school attendance.
2 5 d. As a condition of participation in the family
2 6 investment program, a recipient who is the mother of at least
2 7 one dependent child shall be required to utilize the Norplant
2 8 birth control device following the birth of a second or
2 9 subsequent dependent child. The cost of the device shall be
2 10 paid by the state alone if the cost is not payable jointly
2 11 under the medical assistance program.
2 12 3. The waiver request or requests submitted by the
2 13 department to the federal government pursuant to this section
2 14 shall be written to apply each of the provisions of this
2 15 section statewide commencing during the fiscal year beginning
2 16 July 1, 1995. However, if statewide implementation is
2 17 rejected or the department determines that the federal
2 18 government will not approve a particular waiver provision, the
2 19 department shall modify the waiver provision to receive
2 20 federal approval, or make any other change affecting
2 21 implementation of a waiver provision under this section, and
2 22 the department shall implement the approved or modified
2 23 provisions in accordance with federal requirements.
2 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill requires the department of human services to
2 28 apply for federal waivers involving the family investment
2 29 program (formerly the aid to dependent children program) and
2 30 related human services programs.
2 31 The waivers would affect family investment program
2 32 recipients by limiting the number of dependent children used
2 33 to determine the grant amount for the program. For families
2 34 who become eligible for the program on or after the effective
2 35 date of the federal waiver the grant amount will be limited to
3 1 the amount that would be paid to a family with one custodial
3 2 parent and two dependent children. For families participating
3 3 in the program prior to the waiver effective date, the grant
3 4 amount will not be adjusted to reflect the birth or adoption
3 5 of additional dependent children once the grant size reflects
3 6 two or more children. However, if a recipient family had only
3 7 one dependent child as of the effective date of the waiver and
3 8 a second birth event produces more than one additional child,
3 9 the family's grant size would be adjusted to reflect all of
3 10 the additional children. The waiver would also include in
3 11 family investment agreements a requirement for reduction of
3 12 the family grant by $50 per month if a recipient family has a
3 13 child that does not attend school regularly. The reduction
3 14 would continue until the child begins regular school
3 15 attendance. Finally, as a condition of participating in the
3 16 program a mother is required to utilize the Norplant birth
3 17 control device following the birth of a second or subsequent
3 18 dependent child.
3 19 The department is directed to apply for statewide
3 20 implementation of the bill's provisions beginning in fiscal
3 21 year 1995-1996. However, if the federal government rejects
3 22 statewide implementation or does not approve a provision,
3 23 approval is subject to modification of a provision, or other
3 24 change as necessary for implementation, and the department is
3 25 directed to implement the modified provision in accordance
3 26 with federal requirements.
3 27 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
3 28 LSB 1565SS 76
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