PRINTER'S NO. 2862
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1988
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY KAUFER, CUTLER, SAYLOR, BERNSTINE, RAPP, KAUFFMAN,
MILLARD, A. HARRIS, WHEELAND, GROVE, PICKETT, GILLEN,
PHILLIPS-HILL, EVERETT, WATSON, GABLER AND DOWLING,
JANUARY 5, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 5, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
further providing for workfare program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 405.2 of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 405.2. Workfare Program.--* * *
(a.1) Within six months of the effective date of this
section, the department shall establish a workfare pilot program
in a county of the third class with a population between three
hundred fifteen thousand and three hundred forty thousand as of
the latest Federal decennial census in accordance with the
following:
(1) An individual receiving cash assistance under Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families may receive benefits while working
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for an employer for a forty-hour work week and receiving pay
equivalent to twenty hours of work.
(2) After the individual has worked for the employer for six
months, the individual may continue to receive cash assistance
and shall be paid for thirty hours for working the forty-hour
work week.
(3) After working for the employer for twelve months, the
individual shall be paid for the full forty hours of work, and
the department shall terminate the cash assistance payments to
the individual.
(4) Each other applicable provision of this section shall
apply to the workfare program.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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