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House Bill 0807




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 807

        By Representative Dawson-White






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to welfare reform; amending s.

  3         414.065, F.S.; increasing the age of children

  4         for whom certain parents' inability to obtain

  5         child care creates an exception from penalties

  6         for noncompliance with work requirements under

  7         the WAGES Program; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section

12  414.065, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to

13  read:

14         414.065  Work requirements.--

15         (7)  EXCEPTIONS TO NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTIES.--The

16  situations listed in this subsection shall constitute

17  exceptions to the penalties for noncompliance with

18  participation requirements, except that these situations do

19  not constitute exceptions to the applicable time limit for

20  receipt of assistance:

21         (a)  Noncompliance related to child care.--Assistance

22  shall not be terminated for refusal to participate in work

23  activities if the individual is a single custodial parent

24  caring for a child who has not attained 12 6 years of age, and

25  the adult proves to the department an inability to obtain

26  needed child care for one or more of the following reasons:

27         1.  Unavailability of appropriate child care within a

28  reasonable distance from the individual's home or worksite.

29         2.  Unavailability or unsuitability of informal child

30  care by a relative or under other arrangements.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 807

    507-153-97






  1         3.  Unavailability of appropriate and affordable formal

  2  child care arrangements.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises an exemption from termination of assistance under
  9    the WAGES Program for single custodial parents who refuse
      to participate in work requirements due to an inability
10    to obtain child care, to allow the exemption when the
      child is under 12, rather than under 6, years of age.
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