HOUSE BILL REPORT

                  HB 1089

             As Reported By House Committee On:

                 Children & Family Services

Title:  An act relating to correcting nomenclature for the former aid to families with dependent children program.

Brief Description:  Correcting references to the former aid to families with dependent children program.

Sponsors:  Representatives Cooke, Tokuda, Radcliff, Backlund, Boldt, Mason and Cairnes.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:

Children & Family Services:  1/24/97, 2/7/97 [DPS].

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  Signed by 11 members:  Representatives Cooke, Chairman; Boldt, Vice Chairman; Bush, Vice Chairman; Tokuda, Ranking Minority Member; Kastama, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Ballasiotes; Carrell; Dickerson; Gombosky; McDonald and Wolfe.

Staff:  David Knutson (786-7146).

Background:  Congress repealed the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and replaced it with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as part of federal welfare reform.

Summary of Substitute Bill: References to the AFDC program in the Revised Code of Washington are deleted and replaced with references to the TANF program.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:  Statutory references to the federal medicaid program and the federal foster care eligibility standards are corrected.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date of Substitute Bill:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  None.