First Substitute H.B. 139

Representative David Litvack proposes the following substitute bill:

1 EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROVISIONS
2 2002 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: David Litvack
5 This act modifies provisions related to financial assistance programs for needy families with
6 children. The act creates a Family Employment Advisory Committee to study and make
7 recommendations on eligibility for participation in the Family Employment Program. The
8 act provides a repealer and an effective date.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 63-55-235, as last amended by Chapter 46, Laws of Utah 2001
12 ENACTS:
13 35A-3-306.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
15 Section 1. Section 35A-3-306.5 is enacted to read:
16 35A-3-306.5. Family Employment Advisory Committee.
17 (1) (a) After July 1, 2002, the executive director shall appoint a Family Employment
18 Program Advisory Committee as a subcommittee of the State Council on Workforce Services.
19 (b) The subcommittee shall be composed of:
20 (i) three representatives from the State and Regional Councils on Workforce Services;
21 (ii) a representative from the Division of Child and Family Services;
22 (iii) four representatives from the Department of Workforce Services, to include
23 employment counselors;
24 (iv) a parent from a one-parent family and a parent from a two-parent family who have
25 received or are receiving cash assistance under the Family Employment Program; and

26 (v) four representatives from advocacy groups representing low-income families impacted
27 by the Family Employment Program.
28 (c) A representative from the Social Research Institute shall serve in an advisory capacity
29 to the subcommittee.
30 (2) (a) Members may not receive compensation or benefits for their service, but may
31 receive expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties at the rate established by the
32 Division of Finance under Section 63A-3-107 .
33 (b) Members may decline to receive expenses for their services.
34 (3) The subcommittee shall serve as an advisory committee to the State Council on
35 Workforce Services.
36 (4) h (a) h The executive director shall convene or reconvene the subcommittee to study and
36a make
37 recommendations on modifying the eligibility requirements for participation in the Family
38 Employment Program by interrupting its lifetime time limits through stop-the-clock procedures
39 by which the division may not count toward the 36-month time limit in Section 35A-3-306 or the
40 60-month federal time limit h [ a period of at least 24 months ] h .
40a h (b) THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAY
40b MEET IS RESTRICTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE SERVICES NOT EXCEEDING THE
40c 15% ADMINISTRATIVE COST ALLOWANCE UNDER TANF RULES. h
41 (5) (a) No later than November 30, 2002, the subcommittee shall present its findings under
42 Subsection (4) to the State Council on Workforce Services and the Workforce and Community and
43 Economic Development Interim Committee for review and recommendations on proposed changes
44 to the Family Employment Program.
45 (b) h [ h (i) h ] h The recommendations shall include a process h AND PLAN h by which the
45a division could best
46 implement the stop-the-clock procedures referred to in Subsection (4).
47 h [ (ii) The division shall implement the stop-the-clock recommendations no later than July
48 1, 2003. ] h
49 Section 2. Section 63-55-235 is amended to read:
50 63-55-235. Repeal dates, Title 35A.
51 (1) Title 35A, Utah Workforce Services Code, is repealed July 1, 2005.
52 (2) Section 35A-3-114 , the Displaced Homemaker Program, together with the provision
53 for funding that program contained in Subsection 17-16-21 (2)(b), is repealed July 1, 2007.
54 (3) The Family Employment Advisory Committee created in Section 35A-3-306.5 , is
55 repealed July 1, 2003.

56 Section 3. Effective date.

57 This act takes effect on July 1, 2002.