HF 2422 (LSB 6103HH (2) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2422

BY  WHEELER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a marriage income disregard in determining family investment program eligibility and grant amounts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 239B.7, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Marriage income disregard.  In order to encourage marriage among single-parent households and assist those households when the child’s parent living in the household marries, the income of an individual whose needs were not previously included in the household and who marries the child’s parent living in the household shall be disregarded for a period of twenty-four consecutive months beginning the month following the date of the marriage certificate.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that in determining a family’s income and resources for purposes of the family’s initial and continuing eligibility for assistance and for determining grant amounts under the family investment program, in order to encourage marriage among single-parent households and assist those households when the child’s parent living in the household marries, the income of an individual whose needs were not previously included in the household and who marries the child’s parent living in the household shall be disregarded for a period of 24 consecutive months beginning the month following the date of the marriage certificate.