85R9559 LED-F
By: Raymond H.B. No. 2239
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transitional child-care services in the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.012(c), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A person who is the caretaker of a child with a physical
disability or mental, intellectual, or developmental disability
who requires the caretaker's presence is not required to
participate in a program under this section. A single person who is
the caretaker of a child is exempt until the caretaker's youngest
child at the time the caretaker first became eligible for
assistance reaches the age of one. Notwithstanding Section
[Sections 31.0035(b) and] 32.0255(b), the Health and Human Services
Commission shall provide to a person who is exempt under this
subsection and who voluntarily participates in a program under
Subsection (a)(2) six months of transitional benefits in addition
to the applicable limit prescribed by Section 31.0065.
SECTION 2. Section 31.0035, Human Resources Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.