*HB1410.1*
January 25, 2022
HOUSE BILL No. 1410
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DIGEST OF HB 1410 (Updated January 25, 2022 10:36 am - DI 140)
Citations Affected: IC 12-8; noncode.
Synopsis: Mandatory job search for TANF eligibility. Requires the
secretary of family and social services (secretary) to adopt rules
concerning evidence of job search activities for applicants and
recipients under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) program. Requires the secretary to amend two provisions in
the Indiana Administrative Code to conform with those rules. Specifies
certain exceptions.
Effective: Upon passage.
Morris, DeVon, Lindauer, Prescott
January 13, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
January 25, 2022, reported — Do Pass.
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Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1410
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 12-8-12-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to an
4 individual who is:
5 (1) less than eighteen (18) years of age;
6 (2) more than sixty-four (64) years of age;
7 (3) medically certified as:
8 (A) physically; or
9 (B) mentally;
10 unfit for employment;
11 (4) pregnant;
12 (5) a parent or caretaker who personally provides care for a
13 dependent child who has a:
14 (A) serious medical condition; or
15 (B) disability;
16 as determined by the secretary;
17 (6) receiving unemployment compensation and complying
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1 with work requirements under IC 22-4; or
2 (7) participating in a treatment and rehabilitation program
3 for a drug or alcohol addiction.
4 (b) The secretary shall adopt rules under this section that
5 require, at a minimum, the following:
6 (1) At the time of application, an applicant for TANF
7 assistance must, as a condition of eligibility, provide evidence
8 of job search activities for the three (3) weeks preceding the
9 application. The evidence of job search activities must
10 include, at a minimum:
11 (A) six (6) contacts with employers; and
12 (B) three (3) submitted job applications or resumes;
13 for each of the three (3) weeks preceding the application.
14 (2) An individual whose application for TANF assistance is
15 approved or who receives TANF assistance, whichever comes
16 first, must:
17 (A) as a condition of continued eligibility for TANF
18 assistance, provide evidence of, at a minimum:
19 (i) six (6) contacts with employers; and
20 (ii) three (3) submitted job applications or resumes;
21 for each of the six (6) weeks following the approval of the
22 application or the receipt of TANF assistance, whichever
23 comes first; and
24 (B) participate in weekly compliance check-ins, either in
25 person or by telephone.
26 If a person fails to actively participate in the requirement
27 described in subdivision (2)(B), the person is ineligible to
28 receive TANF assistance for thirty (30) days.
29 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The secretary
30 of family and social services shall amend 470 IAC 10.3-8-3 and 470
31 IAC 10.3-10 to conform to IC 12-8-12-8, as added by this act.
32 (b) In amending the rules as required by this SECTION, the
33 secretary of family and social services may adopt emergency rules
34 in the manner provided by IC 4-22-2-37.1.
35 (c) Notwithstanding IC 4-22-2-37.1(g), an emergency rule
36 adopted by the secretary of family and social services under this
37 SECTION expires on the date on which a rule that supersedes the
38 emergency rule is adopted by the secretary of family and social
39 services under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36.
40 (d) This SECTION expires July 1, 2024.
41 SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Family, Children and Human
Affairs, to which was referred House Bill 1410, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1410 as introduced.)
DEVON
Committee Vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0
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