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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transitional child-care services in the Temporary |
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Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.012(c), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A person who is the caretaker of a child with a physical |
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disability or mental, intellectual, or developmental disability |
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who requires the caretaker's presence is not required to |
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participate in a program under this section. A single person who is |
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the caretaker of a child is exempt until the caretaker's youngest |
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child at the time the caretaker first became eligible for |
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assistance reaches the age of one. Notwithstanding Section |
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[Sections 31.0035(b) and] 32.0255(b), the Health and Human Services |
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Commission shall provide to a person who is exempt under this |
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subsection and who voluntarily participates in a program under |
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Subsection (a)(2) six months of transitional benefits in addition |
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to the applicable limit prescribed by Section 31.0065. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.0035, Human Resources Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |