BILL REQ. #: H-1586.1
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/17/11.
AN ACT Relating to temporary assistance for needy families benefits; amending RCW 74.08A.230; adding a new section to chapter 74.12 RCW; providing effective dates; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 74.08A.230 and 1997 c 58 s 308 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) In addition to their monthly benefit payment, a family may earn
and keep ((one-half)) up to forty percent of its earnings as set by the
department during every month it is eligible to receive assistance
under this section.
(2) In no event may a family be eligible for temporary assistance
for needy families if its monthly gross earned income exceeds the
maximum earned income level as set by the department. In calculating
a household's gross earnings, the department shall disregard the
earnings of a minor child who is:
(a) A full-time student; or
(b) A part-time student carrying at least half the normal school
load and working fewer than thirty-five hours per week.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW
to read as follows:
The department may adopt rules establishing eligibility for
temporary assistance for needy families benefits for a child, other
than a foster child, who lives with a caregiver other than his or her
parents. These rules may include, but are not limited to, establishing
income eligibility standards for the child's caregiver up to three
hundred percent of the federal poverty level based on family size and
establishing a sliding scale benefit standard for a child when the
income of the child's caregiver is above two hundred percent of the
federal poverty level based on family size.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 Section 1 of this act is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or
support of the state government and its existing public institutions,
and takes effect April 1, 2011.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 Section 2 of this act takes effect November
1, 2011.