(at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber for Department of Human Services)
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Bill Title:
Relating to public assistance for families with dependent children; and declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Permits Department of Human Services to take actions during biennium beginning on July 1, 2011, to reduce expenditures related to temporary assistance for needy families program.Requires Department of Human Services to reimburse employer for employee expenses for up to three months if employer hires individual placed with employer through JOBS Plus Program. Authorizes department to recover reimbursement paid if employer fails to retain employee for six months.]
Authorizes department to restrict access by needy caretaker relatives receiving temporary assistance for needy families to services provided in job opportunity and basic skills program.]
Allows department to reduce aid for three consecutive months if participant in job opportunity and basic skills program refuses to comply with program requirements. Requires department to terminate aid if participant refuses to comply with program requirements for three months.]
Expands requirement of assigning rights of support to state to apply to two-parent family receiving aid that is state-funded or not funded by federal temporary assistance for needy families grant.]
Shortens time limit for receipt of aid from 60 months to 48 months. Requires department to deny aid to dependent child if needy caretaker relative living with child has received aid for 48 months. Limits types of exceptions that exclude receipt of assistance from counting toward 48-month limit. Allows family to receive more than 48 months of aid for months in which specified conditions exist.]
Extends from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2013, certain temporary provisions allowing department to suspend statutory requirements for aid.]
Permits Department of Human Services to take actions during biennium beginning on July 1, 2011, to reduce expenditures related to temporary assistance for needy families program.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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