HB1598: relative to the use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds.

HB 1598-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2494

05/09

HOUSE BILL 1598-FN

AN ACT relative to the use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds.

SPONSORS: Rep. Donovan, Sull 4; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. Skinder, Sull 1; Rep. French, Merr 5

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that all federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds shall be used solely to administer the New Hampshire TANF program.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2494

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; TANF; New Hampshire Employment Program and Family Assistance Program; Use of Funds. Amend RSA 167:77 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all federal TANF block grant funds received by the state shall be used solely for the 2 components of the state TANF program, the New Hampshire employment program and the family assistance program, and for the purposes of administering those programs, as defined in state and federal law, and based on the following priorities:

(a) First priority: increase TANF grant to families.

(b) Second priority: support for work activities; child care; transportation; education and training.

(c) Third priority: support for mental health and substance abuse treatment; domestic violence prevention; developmental and learning disabilities; enhancing or supplementing family income or assets; child well-being; family formation and pregnancy prevention programs.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

LBAO

10-2494

12/08/09

HB 1598-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to the use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill would decrease state restricted expenditures, and increase state general fund expenditures by $10,700,207 in FY 2012 and each year thereafter. This bill would have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue, or county and local expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

This Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) states this bill would provide that all federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds shall be used solely to administer the New Hampshire TANF program. The Department assumes state general funds will be provided to support the services identified in the TANF spending plan that would not be funded with federal TANF funds, and that the TANF spending plan in FY 2012 and beyond would approximate the FY 2010-2011 TANF spending plan. As a result the Department states the following services would no longer be funded with federal TANF block grant funds, but rather with state general funds in FY 2012 and each year thereafter –

Annual

Expenditures

Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Social Services $6,500,000

DCYF Provider Rates $1,161,117

Transfers to Social Services Block Grant $2,000,000

Division of Child Support Services District Office Staff $3,802

DCYF Child Protection Staff $1,035,288

Total $10,700,207