Bill Text: MO HB886 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all purchases and withdrawals made with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits by a recipient in this state to be limited to in-state purchases and withdrawals only

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Referred: General Laws (H) [HB886 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2011-HB886-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 886

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES GATSCHENBERGER (Sponsor), LONG, CROSS, BAHR, FITZWATER AND LASATER (Co-sponsors).

2023L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 208, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to temporary assistance for needy families benefits.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 208, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 208.057, to read as follows:

            208.057. 1. All purchases and withdrawals made with temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) benefits by TANF recipients in this state shall be limited to in-state purchases and withdrawals. The department shall identify all recipients with out-of-state purchases or withdrawals and request justification for such out-of-state purchases and withdrawals from each TANF recipient. The department shall develop guidelines for the approval and denial of out-of-state purchases and withdrawals and develop an appeals process for denials of an out-of-state purchase or withdrawal.

            2. Any TANF recipient who violates the provisions of this section shall, in addition to other remedies available under state or federal law, be subject to loss or reduction of the recipient's TANF benefits.

            3. The department may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2011, shall be invalid and void.

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