PRINTER'S NO. 3368
No. 2580 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, RYAN, BARLEY AND PERZEL, MARCH 30, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 30, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," further providing for aid
4 to families with dependent children.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 432.12 of the act of June 13, 1967
8 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by
9 adding subsections to read:
10 Section 432.12. Determination of Need.--* * *
11 (d) In determining the amount of assistance payments to a
12 recipient family for aid to families with dependent children,
13 the department shall revise the schedule of benefits to be paid
14 to the recipient family by eliminating the increment in benefits
15 under the program for which that family would otherwise be
16 eligible as a result of the birth of a child during the period
17 in which the family is eligible for aid to families with
18 dependent children benefits, or during a temporary period in
19 which the family or adult recipient is ineligible for aid to
1 families with dependent children benefits pursuant to a penalty
2 imposed by the department for failure to comply with benefit
3 eligibility requirements, subsequent to which the family or
4 adult recipient is again eligible for benefits. The department
5 shall provide instead that a recipient family in which the adult
6 recipient parents an additional child during the adult
7 recipient's period of eligibility for aid to families with
8 dependent children benefits, or during a temporary penalty
9 period of ineligibility for benefits, may receive additional
10 benefits only pursuant to subsection (e), except in the case of
11 a general increase in the amount of aid to families with
12 dependent children benefits which is provided to all program
13 recipients.
14 (e) In the case of a family that receives aid to families
15 with dependent children in which the adult recipient parents an
16 additional child during the period in which the family is
17 eligible for aid to families with dependent children benefits,
18 or during a temporary penalty period of ineligibility for
19 benefits subsequent to which the family of adult recipient again
20 becomes eligible for benefits, the department, subject to
21 Federal approval, shall, in addition to eliminating the increase
22 in the benefit as provided in subsection (d), provide that in
23 computing the amount of financial assistance which is available
24 to the family that receives aid to families with dependent
25 children, the monthly earned income disregard for each employed
26 person in the family shall increase by an amount equal to that
27 which the family would have otherwise received by parenting an
28 additional child, adjusted for family size.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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