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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator King moved the following amendment to amendment
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19 (4) A participant may not receive temporary cash
20 assistance under this subsection, in combination with other
21 periods of temporary cash assistance for longer than a
22 lifetime limit of 48 months. Hardship exemptions to the time
23 limitations of this chapter shall be limited to 20 percent of
24 the average monthly caseload participants in all subsequent
25 years, as determined by the department in cooperation with
26 Workforce Florida, Inc. and approved by the WAGES Program
27 State Board of Directors. Criteria for hardship exemptions
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29 (a) Diligent participation in activities, combined
30 with inability to obtain employment.
31 (b) Diligent participation in activities, combined
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1 with extraordinary barriers to employment, including the
2 conditions which may result in an exemption to work
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4 (c) Significant barriers to employment, combined with
5 a need for additional time.
6 (d) Diligent participation in activities and a need by
7 teen parents for an exemption in order to have 24 months of
8 eligibility beyond receipt of the high school diploma or
9 equivalent.
10 (e) A recommendation of extension for a minor child of
11 a participating family that has reached the end of the
12 eligibility period for temporary cash assistance. The
13 recommendation must be the result of a review which determines
14 that the termination of the child's temporary cash assistance
15 would be likely to result in the child being placed into
16 emergency shelter or foster care. Temporary cash assistance
17 shall be provided through a protective payee. Staff of the
18 Children and Families Program Office of the department shall
19 conduct all assessments in each case in which it appears a
20 child may require continuation of temporary cash assistance
21 through a protective payee.
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23 At the recommendation of the local WAGES coalition, temporary
24 cash assistance under a hardship exemption for a participant
25 who is eligible for work activities and who is not working
26 shall be reduced by 10 percent. Upon the employment of the
27 participant, full benefits shall be restored.
28 (5)(3) In addition to the exemptions listed in
29 subsection (3) (2), a victim of domestic violence may be
30 granted a hardship exemption if the effects of such domestic
31 violence delay or otherwise interrupt or adversely affect the
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1 individual's participation in the program. Hardship exemptions
2 granted under this subsection shall not be subject to the
3 percentage limitations in subsection (2).
4 (6)(4) The department, in cooperation with Workforce
5 Florida, Inc., shall establish a procedure for reviewing and
6 approving hardship exemptions and for reviewing hardship cases
7 at least once every 2 years. Regional workforce boards, and
8 the local WAGES coalitions may assist in making these
9 determinations. The composition of any review panel must
10 generally reflect the racial, gender, and ethnic diversity of
11 the community as a whole. Members of a review panel shall
12 serve without compensation but are entitled to receive
13 reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses as provided in
14 s. 112.016.
15 (5) The cumulative total of all hardship exemptions
16 may not exceed 12 months, may include reduced benefits at the
17 option of the community review panel, and shall, in
18 combination with other periods of temporary cash assistance as
19 an adult, total no more than 48 months of temporary cash
20 assistance. If an individual fails to comply with program
21 requirements during a hardship exemption period, the hardship
22 exemption shall be removed.
23 (7)(6) For individuals who have moved from another
24 state, the and have legally resided in this state for less
25 than 12 months, the time limitation for temporary cash
26 assistance shall be the shorter of the respective time
27 limitations used in the two states, and months in which
28 temporary cash assistance was received under a block grant
29 program that provided temporary assistance for needy families
30 in any state shall count towards the cumulative 48-month
31 benefit limit for temporary cash assistance.
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1 (8) For individuals subject to a time limitation under
2 the Family Transition Act of 1993, that time limitation shall
3 continue to apply. Months in which temporary cash assistance
4 was received through the family transition program shall count
5 towards the time limitations under this chapter.
6 (9) Except when temporary cash assistance was received
7 through the family transition program, the calculation of the
8 time limitation for temporary cash assistance shall begin with
9 the first month of receipt of temporary cash assistance after
10 the effective date of this act.
11 (10) Child-only cases are not subject to time
12 limitations, and temporary cash assistance received while an
13 individual is a minor child shall not count towards time
14 limitations.
15 (11) An individual who receives benefits under the
16 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program or the Social
17 Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program is not subject to
18 time limitations. An individual who has applied for
19 supplemental security income (SSI) or supplemental security
20 disability income (SSDI), but has not yet received a
21 determination must be granted an extension of time limits
22 until the individual receives a final determination on the SSI
23 application. Determination shall be considered final once all
24 appeals have been exhausted, benefits have been received, or
25 denial has been accepted without any appeal. While awaiting a
26 final determination, such individual must continue to meet all
27 program requirements assigned to the participant based on
28 medical ability to comply. If a final determination results in
29 the denial of benefits for supplemental security income (SSI)
30 or supplemental security disability income (SSDI), any period
31 during which the recipient received assistance under this
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1 chapter shall count against Extensions of time limits shall be
2 within the recipient's 48-month lifetime limit. Hardship
3 exemptions granted under this subsection shall not be subject
4 to the percentage limitations in subsection (2).
5 (12) A person who is totally responsible for the
6 personal care of a disabled family member is not subject to
7 time limitations if the need for the care is verified and
8 alternative care is not available for the family member. The
9 department shall annually evaluate an individual's
10 qualifications for this exemption.
11 (13) A member of the WAGES Program staff of the
12 regional workforce board shall interview and assess the
13 employment prospects and barriers of each participant who is
14 within 6 months of reaching the 24-month time limit. The
15 staff member shall assist the participant in identifying
16 actions necessary to become employed prior to reaching the
17 benefit time limit for temporary cash assistance and, if
18 appropriate, shall refer the participant for services that
19 could facilitate employment.
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