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PRINTER'S NO. 2039
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1559
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, BERNSTINE, BOBACK, GROVE,
A. HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, MILLARD, ORTITAY, SAYLOR,
THOMAS, TOOHIL, WARD AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 16, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 16, 2017
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 general powers and
duties of the Department of Human Services, providing for
child support requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 216. Child Support Requirements for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program.--(a) The department shall elect
the option under 7 CFR § 273.11(o) (relating to action on
households with special circumstances) to require an individual
living with and exercising parental control over a child under
eighteen years of age who has an absent parent to cooperate with
the department's division of child support services in
establishing paternity of the child and in establishing,
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modifying or enforcing a support order with respect to the child
in accordance with section 454(29) of the Social Security Act
(49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 654(29)), in order to be eligible to
participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
(b) The department shall elect the option under 7 CFR §
273.11(p) to require a putative or identified parent of a child
under eighteen years of age to cooperate with the department's
division of child support services in establishing the paternity
of the child and in providing support for the child in order to
be eligible to participate in the food stamp program.
(c) The inability of the putative or identified parent to
comply with the requirement under this section, as determined by
the department's division of child support services or an
appropriate court of law, shall preclude a determination of
ineligibility to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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