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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2717 By: Hefner, Dollens, Ranson,
and Schreiber of the House
and
Rosino of the Senate
[ poor persons – Family Support Program – eligibility
requirements – maximum payment amount – waiver of
certain payments – effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 56 O.S. 2021, Section 604, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 604. The Director of the Department of Human Services
shall, within the con straints of funding app ropriated to the
Department, maintain a Family Su pport Program for children with
severe developmental dis abilities who reside in their family homes
in accordance with the following criteria:
1. The family membe r resides with the fam ily;
2. The family resides in the State of Oklahoma;
3. The gross adjusted income of the family for the year
immediately preceding the date of application for the assistance did
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not exceed Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) by seventy-five
percent (75%) of the amount as allowed by Public Law No. 104-193;
4. The family is headed by a biological parent, adoptive
parent, or legal guardian of the eligible family member; pr ovided,
however, that if the eligi ble family member lives w ith an adoptive
parent or parents who already re ceive adoption subsidy from any
source on behalf of the applicant, the family cannot receive family
support assistance authorized by this section; an d
5. The family or family member does not receive Medicaid Home
and Community-based Waiver Services.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 56 O.S. 2021, Section 606, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 606. If an application for family suppo rt assistance
pursuant to the Oklahoma Family Support Act i s approved by the
Department of Human Services and Developmental Disabilities Services
Division:
1. A family support assistance payment shall be paid to the
parent or legal guardian on behalf of a family member and shall be
considered a benefit to the fam ily member;
2. The family support assistance payment shall be used to meet
the special needs of the family associated with the family member.
Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Family S upport Act,
this assistance payment is intended to compleme nt, not to supplant,
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public assistance or other social service benefits based on economic
need, available through governmental programs;
3. The amount of th e family support assistance payment shal l be
a maximum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month . as described:
a. Payments for families at or below one hundred percent
(100%) of the federal pov erty level:
with one eligible child Seven Hundred Eight Dollars
and thirty-three cents
($708.33)
with two eligible children Seven Hundred Sixteen
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($716.67)
with three eligible children Seven Hundred Twenty-five
Dollars ($725.00)
with four eligible children Seven Hundred Thirty -three
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($733.33)
with five eligible children Seven Hundred Forty-one
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($741.67)
with six or more eligible children Seven Hundred Fifty Do llars
($750.00);
b. Payments for families between one hundred one percent
(101%) and one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of
the federal poverty le vel:
with one eligible child Six Hundred Thirty-three
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($633.33)
with two eligible children Six Hundred Forty-one
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($641.67)
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with three eligible chi ldren Six Hundred Fifty Dollars
($650.00)
with four eligible children Six Hundred Fifty-eight
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($658.33)
with five eligible children Six Hundred Sixty-six
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($666.67)
with six or more eligible ch ildren Six Hundred Seventy Five
Dollars ($675.00);
c. Payments for families between one hundred twenty-six
percent (126%) and one hundred fifty percent (150%) of
the federal poverty level:
with one eligible child Five Hundred Fifty-eight
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($558.33)
with two eligible children Five Hundred Sixty-six
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($566.67)
with three eligible children Five Hundred Seventy-five
Dollars ($575.00)
with four eligible childr en Five Hundred Eighty-three
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($583.33)
with five eligible childr en Five Hundred Ninety-one
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($591.67)
with six or more eligible chil dren Six Hundred Dollars
($600.00);
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d. Payments for families between one hundred fifty-one
percent (151%) and one hundred seventy-five percent
(175%) of the federal poverty level:
with one eligible child Four Hundred Eighty-three
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($483.33)
with two eligible children Four Hundred Ninety-one
Dollars and sixty-seven
cents ($491.67)
with three eligible c hildren Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00)
with four eligible children Five Hundred Eight Dollars
and thirty-three cents
($508.33)
with five eligible children Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars
and sixty-seven cents
($516.67)
with six or more eligible children Five Hundred Twenty-five
Dollars ($525.00);
e. Payments for families between one hundred seventy-six
percent (176%) and two hund red percent (200%) of the
federal poverty level:
with one eligible child Four Hundred Dollars
($400.00)
with two eligible children Four Hundred Eight Dollars
and thirty-three cents
($408.33)
with three eligible children Four Hundred Sixteen Dollars
and sixty-seven cents
($416.67)
with four eligible children Four Hundred Twenty-five
Dollars ($425.00)
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with five eligible children Four Hundred Thirty-three
Dollars and thirty-three
cents ($433.33)
with six or more eligible children Four Hundred Fifty Dollars
($450.00);
f. Payments for families between two hundred one percent
(201%) and two hundred twenty -five percent (225%) of
the federal poverty level :
with one eligible child Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00)
with two eligible children Three Hundred Thirtee n
Dollars and seventy-two
cents ($313.72)
with three eligible children Three Hundred Twenty -seven
Dollars and forty-five cents
($327.45)
with four eligible children Three Hundred Forty-one
Dollars and seventeen cents
($341.17)
with five eligible childre n Three Hundred Fifty-four
Dollars and eighty-nine
cents ($354.89)
with six or more eligible childr en Three Hundred Eighty-two
Dollars and thirty-four
cents ($382.34);
g. Payments for families between two hundred twenty -six
percent (226%) and two hundred fifty percent (250%) of
the federal poverty level:
with one eligible child Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00)
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with two eligible children Two Hundred Nine Dollars and
fifteen cents ($209.15)
with three eligible children Two Hundred Eighteen Dollars
and thirty cents ($218.30)
with four eligible children Two Hundred Twenty-seven
Dollars and forty-five cents
($227.45)
with five eligible children Two Hundred Thirty-six
Dollars and fifty-nine cents
($236.59)
with six or more eligible children Two Hundred Fifty-four
Dollars and eighty-nine
cents ($254.89);
h. Payments for families between two hundred fifty -one
percent (251%) and two hundred seventy -five percent
(275%) of the federal povert y level:
with one eligible child One Hundred Dollars
($100.00)
with two eligible children One Hundred Four Dollars and
fifty-seven cents ($104.57)
with three eligible childr en One Hundred Nine Dollars and
fifteen cents ($109.15)
with four eligible child ren One Hundred Thirteen Dollars
and seventy-two cents
($113.72)
with five eligible children One Hundred Eighteen Dollars
and thirty cents ($118.30)
with six or more eligibl e children One Hundred Twenty-seven
Dollars and forty-five cents
($127.45);
4. Parents or legal guardians, whose income is at or below the
amount established in Public Law No. 104-193 may choose to waive the
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payment amount in paragraph 3 for a flat monthly payment of Four
Hundred Dollars ($400.00) .
5. Increases to this amount shall be determined annually by
legislative appropriation. In addition, the pare nt or legal
guardian of a family member who is in an out-of-home placement at
the time of applicatio n may receive a one-time, lump-sum advance
payment of twice the monthly family su pport assistance amount for
the purpose of meeting the special needs of the family to prepare
for the placement or return of the family member to in-home care.
4. 6. The parent or legal guardian who receives a family
support assistance payment shall repor t, in writing, at least the
following information to the Department:
a. not less than annually, a statement and any supporting
documentation requested by the Department that t he
family support assistance payment was used to meet the
special needs of the fa mily,
b. immediately, if the parent or legal guardian requests
termination of the family support assistance,
c. immediately, upon the occurrence of any event listed
in Section 7 607 of this act title.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate