Revision: Jan. 15, 2013, midnight
HB 261-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 261-FN
AN ACT relative to the assistance program for 2-parent families with dependent children.
SPONSORS: Rep. Donovan, Sull 4; Rep. Porter, Hills 1; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills 28; Rep. Gale, Hills 28; Rep. Hackel, Hills 29; Rep. Jack, Hills 36; Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills 36; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires the department to establish an assistance program for 2-parent families with dependent children. The program had been discretionary.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0755
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to the assistance program for 2-parent families with dependent children.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Assistance Program for 2-Parent Families with Dependent Children. Amend RSA 167:77-e to read as follows:
167:77-e Assistance Program for 2-Parent Families with Dependent Children. The department [may] shall establish a non-TANF, state-funded financial assistance program for 2-parent needy families with dependent children in which one parent is underemployed or unemployed. With the exception of parental underemployment or unemployment, client eligibility and program requirements and administration shall be in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
13-0755
01/14/13
HB 261-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the assistance program for 2-parent families with dependent children.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services and New Hampshire Municipal Association state this bill, as introduced, will increase state expenditures by $2,120,733, and decrease local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2014 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue, or county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill requires the Department to establish a non-TANF, state-funded financial assistance program for 2-parent needy families with dependent children in which one parent is underemployed or unemployed. The Department indicates the Unemployed Parent Program was eliminated in 2011 due to budget constraints. The Department assumes the following:
• The bill would reinstate this eligibility group using the same eligibility criteria.
• The program would be funded with 100% state general funds.
• Eligibility requirements will be the same as the program which was eliminated.
• Based on records from the previous program and current law, the Department estimates there would be approximately 231 cases receiving an average monthly grant of $584.68.
• Previously, $500,000 per fiscal year was appropriated for employment and training services. This amount would be allocated for employment and training.
• The bill would be effective on July 1, 2013.
Based on these assumptions the Department estimates an annual cost of $2,120,733 beginning in FY 2014. (231 Cases x 584.68 x 12 months = $1,620,733 + $500,000 = $2,120,733)
The New Hampshire Municipal Association states this bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a state-funded financial assistance program for two-parent needy families. The Association states the program would have the potential to alleviate some of the need for local welfare assistance and reduce municipal expenditures. The Association is not able to estimate the reduction in local expenditures.