Bill Text: NJ A2367 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases income eligibility threshold, over three-year period, to 50 percent of federal poverty level for families with dependent children under Work First New Jersey program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Budget Committee [A2367 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A2367-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2367

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 7, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  LISA SWAIN

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Assemblyman  BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Increases income eligibility threshold, over three-year period, to 50 percent of federal poverty level for families with dependent children under Work First New Jersey program.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee on February 14, 2022, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning Work First New Jersey income eligibility for families with dependent children and supplementing P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, the initial maximum allowable income eligibility level for each assistance unit size for families with dependent children under the Work First New Jersey Program shall increase by an equal amount, to the extent possible, in each of the three fiscal years following the effective date of this act, such that the income eligibility level shall be 50 percent of the federal poverty level in the third fiscal year in which this act is effective.  The initial maximum allowable income eligibility levels established under this act shall be used for new ¹[applicant, reapplicant,] applications, applications for renewal,¹ and reopened cases to determine initial income eligibility.

 

     2.    The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to secure federal financial participation for State expenditures under the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.

 

     3.    The Commissioner of Human Services, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt such rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

 

     4.    This act shall take effect on July 1 next following the date of enactment.