Bill Text: HI HR124 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Human Services; Asset Limits; Study

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-03 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HR124 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HR124-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	124
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the department of human services to conduct a study on asset limits to qualify for public assistance.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, public assistance programs currently limit eligibility to individuals and families with few or no assets to ensure public resources are provided to those most in need; and

 

     WHEREAS, however, asset limits can discourage savings and prevent families from making investments that can help them escape poverty and reliance on public assistance programs; and

 

     WHEREAS, while the Legislature could amend the law to raise the asset limit, such a change may affect all assistance programs administered by the Department of Human Services; and

 

     WHEREAS, a more prudent approach would be to study the potential effects of raising the asset limit; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, that the Department of Human Services is requested to conduct a study on asset limits to qualify for public assistance; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study is requested to include a review and evaluation of information on practices, policies, and trends regarding asset limits, and the applicability of asset limits to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families Program, and the MedQuest Program; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services consider the cost implications related to changing these asset limits; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services is requested to submit a report of its findings and any proposed legislation, including recommendations for appropriate changes to asset limits, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Department of Human Services; Asset Limits; Study