WSR 97-06-077
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
(Public Assistance)
[Filed February 28, 1997, 2:24 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: February 28, 1997.
Purpose: To comply with the federal requirement that temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) be denied to fugitive felons and probation or parole violators as stated in Public Law 104-193 (1996).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-215-1550 Temporary assistance to needy families--Denial of assistance to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050 and 74.04.055.
Other Authority: Public Law 104-193, Section 103 (a)(1) (1996).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-03-052 on January 10, 1997.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
February 28, 1997
Merry A. Kogut, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
NEW SECTION
WAC 388-215-1550 Temporary assistance to needy families (TANF)--Denial of assistance to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators. (1) The department shall not authorize TANF on behalf of an individual who is:
(a) Fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual flees, or which is a high misdemeanor under the laws of a state, as in the case of New Jersey; or
(b) Violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law as determined by an administrative body or court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to an individual
in any month after that individual has been pardoned by the President of
the United States for such conduct described in subsection (1).
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