Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06169 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3		-	LCO 1713 \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06169-R01-
4		-	HB.docx
5		-	1 of 3
	3	+	LCO No. 1713 1 of 3
6	4
7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6169
8	6		January Session, 2019
9	7		LCO No. 1713
10	8
11	9
12	10		Referred to Committee on AGING
13	11
14	12
15	13		Introduced by:
16	14		(AGE)
	15	+
17	16
18	17
19	18
20	19		AN ACT INCREASING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
21	20		GRANDPARENTS AND OTH ER NONPARENT RELATIV ES RAISING
22	21		NEEDY CHILDREN.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
25	24
26	25		Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-112 of the general statutes is 1
27	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
28	27		1, 2019): 3
29	28		(a) (1) The Department of Social Services shall administer a 4
30	29		temporary family assistance program under which cash assistance 5
31	30		shall be provided to eligible families in accordance with the temporary 6
32	31		assistance for needy families program, established pursuant to the 7
33	32		Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 8
34	33		1996. The Commissioner of Social Services may operate portions of the 9
35	34		temporary family assistance program as a solely state-funded 10
36	35		program, separate from the federal temporary assistance for needy 11
37	36		families program, if the commissioner determines that doing so will 12
38	37		enable the state to avoid fiscal penalties under the temporary 13
39		-	assistance for needy families program. Families receiving assistance 14
40		-	under the solely state-funded portion of the temporary family 15 Raised Bill No. 6169
	38	+	assistance for needy families program. Families receiving assistance 14 Raised Bill No. 6169
41	39
42	40
43		-	LCO 1713 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06169-
44		-	R01-HB.docx }
45		-	2 of 3
46	41
	42	+	LCO No. 1713 2 of 3
	43	+
	44	+	under the solely state-funded portion of the temporary family 15
47	45		assistance program shall be subject to the same conditions of eligibility 16
48	46		as those receiving assistance under the federal temporary assistance for 17
49	47		needy families program. Under the temporary family assistance 18
50	48		program, benefits shall be provided to a family for not longer than 19
51	49		twenty-one months, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of 20
52	50		this section. For the purpose of calculating said twenty-one-month 21
53	51		time limit, months of assistance received on and after January 1, 1996, 22
54	52		pursuant to time limits under the aid to families with dependent 23
55	53		children program, shall be included. For purposes of this section, 24
56	54		"family" means one or more individuals who apply for or receive 25
57	55		assistance together under the temporary family assistance program. If 26
58	56		the commissioner determines that federal law allows individuals not 27
59	57		otherwise in an eligible covered group for the temporary family 28
60	58		assistance program to become covered, such family may also, at the 29
61	59		discretion of the commissioner, be composed of [(1)] (A) a pregnant 30
62	60		woman, or [(2)] (B) a parent, both parents or other caretaker relative 31
63	61		and at least one child who is under the age of eighteen, or who is 32
64	62		under the age of nineteen and a full-time student in a secondary school 33
65	63		or its equivalent. A caretaker relative shall be related to the child or 34
66	64		children by blood, marriage or adoption or shall be the legal guardian 35
67	65		of such a child or pursuing legal proceedings necessary to achieve 36
68	66		guardianship. If the commissioner elects to allow state eligibility 37
69	67		consistent with any change in federal law, the commissioner may 38
70	68		administratively transfer any qualifying family cases under the cash 39
71	69		assistance portion of the state-administered general assistance 40
72	70		program to the temporary family assistance program without regard 41
73	71		to usual eligibility and enrollment procedures. If such families become 42
74	72		an ineligible coverage group under the federal law, the commissioner 43
75	73		shall administratively transfer such families back to the cash assistance 44
76	74		portion of the state-administered general assistance program without 45
77	75		regard to usual eligibility and enrollment procedures to the degree that 46
78	76		such families are eligible for the state program. 47
79		-	(2) To the extent permissible under federal law, the payment 48
80		-	standard for a family that receives benefits under the temporary family 49 Raised Bill No. 6169
	77	+	(2) To the extent permissible under federal law, the payment 48 Raised Bill No. 6169
81	78
82	79
83		-	LCO 1713 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06169-
84		-	R01-HB.docx }
85		-	3 of 3
86	80
	81	+	LCO No. 1713 3 of 3
	82	+
	83	+	standard for a family that receives benefits under the temporary family 49
87	84		assistance program and in which the head of the household is a 50
88	85		nonparent caretaker relative and the legal guardian of a child shall be 51
89	86		equal to seventy-five per cent of the prevailing monthly foster care rate 52
90	87		per child paid by the Department of Children and Families based on 53
91	88		the child's age and medical condition. 54
92	89		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
93	90		sections:
94	91
95	92		Section 1 July 1, 2019 17b-112(a)
96	93
97		-	AGE Joint Favorable
	94	+	Statement of Purpose:
	95	+	To reduce the financial strain on grandparents and other nonparent
	96	+	relatives raising needy children.
	97	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	98	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	99	+	not underlined.]
98	100