SENATE BILL REPORT

                  SHB 1089

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

            Health & Long-Term Care, March 25, 1997

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:  House Committee on Children & Family Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Cooke, Tokuda, Radcliff, Backlund, Boldt, Mason and Cairnes).

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Health & Long‑Term Care:  3/19/97, 3/25/97 [DP].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators Deccio, Chair; Wood, Vice Chair; Benton, Fairley, Franklin and Strannigan.

Staff:  Joanne Conrad (786-7472)

Background:  In 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193).  This act, commonly referred to as "federal welfare reform," repealed the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC), replacing it with "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families."

Summary of Bill:  The Revised Code of Washington contains many references to "Aid to Families with Dependent Children." These references appear in several titles, as well as throughout the title dealing with public assistance.  References to "Aid to Families with Dependent Children" are replaced with references to "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families," without modifying the underlying code sections in which the references appear.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

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

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.