Bill Sponsors: IN SB0440 | 2019 | Regular Session

Bill Title: TANF eligibility. Sets the income eligibility requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program at phased in specified percentages of the federal income poverty level beginning July 1, 2021. Requires the division of family resources to amend the state TANF plan or take any other action necessary to implement the income requirements. Increases certain payment amounts under the TANF program beginning January 1, 2020. Requires the payments to be annually adjusted using the Social Security cost of living adjustment rate, but provides that the total adjustment in a year must be reduced to the extent the adjustment would result in the transfer to the Child Care and Development Fund grant program being less than the maximum allowable transfer under federal law. Authorizes emergency rulemaking concerning the payments. Repeals language requiring the division of family resources to apply a percentage reduction to the total needs of TANF applicants and recipients in computing TANF benefits.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 [SB0440 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Jon Ford [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-038FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Ronald Grooms [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-046FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mark Stoops [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-040FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator J.D. Ford [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-029FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Vaneta Becker [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Eddie Melton [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-003FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dennis Kruse [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-014FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-002FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Cindy Ziemke [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-055FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Edward Clere [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-072FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Tonya Pfaff [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-043FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative David Frizzell [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-093FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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