S*1064 Session 106 (1985-1986)
S*1064(Rat #0597, Act #0511 of 1986) General Bill, By R.C. Shealy, Bryan,
Courson, Drummond, Giese, E.J. Patterson, Peeler, T.H. Pope, Thomas and Wilson
Similar(H 3721)
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Article 5
to Chapter 5 of Title 43 so as to enact the South Carolina Employables Program
Act, to require recipients of various types of public assistance administered
by the State to register and accept appropriate employment as a condition of
receipt of assistance payments, to designate the Department of Social Services
as the agency responsible for the development and operation of a statewide
work support service delivery system to assist public assistance recipients in
attaining and maintaining their highest level of economic independence through
employment in response to the manpower needs of the State, to provide
exceptions to the work requirements, to provide that refusal to accept
suitable employment renders the recipient ineligible for assistance under the
Act, and to make special provisions for protective payments on behalf of
dependent children of those declared ineligible.-amended title
02/26/86 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-743
02/26/86 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry SJ-744
04/02/86 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
Commerce and Industry SJ-1386
04/02/86 Senate Special order SJ-1386
04/02/86 Senate Read second time SJ-1400
04/02/86 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
amendments SJ-1400
04/09/86 Senate Amended SJ-1522
04/09/86 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-1522
04/10/86 House Introduced and read first time HJ-2309
04/10/86 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry HJ-2309
05/07/86 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
Commerce and Industry HJ-2855
05/13/86 House Amended HJ-3025
05/13/86 House Committed to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-3030
05/22/86 House Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means HJ-3232
05/28/86 House Amended HJ-3440
05/28/86 House Read second time HJ-3440
05/29/86 House Read third time HJ-3498
05/29/86 House Returned HJ-3498
05/29/86 House Reconsidered HJ-3500
05/29/86 House Amended HJ-3500
05/29/86 House Read third time HJ-3501
05/29/86 House Returned HJ-3501
06/02/86 Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-3432
06/05/86 Ratified R 597
06/11/86 Signed By Governor
06/11/86 Effective date 07/01/86
06/11/86 Act No. 511
06/20/86 Copies available
(A511, R597, S1064)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5
TO CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 43 SO AS TO ENACT THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYABLES PROGRAM
ACT, TO REQUIRE RECIPIENTS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ADMINISTERED BY
THE STATE TO REGISTER AND ACCEPT APPROPRIATE EMPLOYMENT AS A CONDITION OF RECEIPT
OF ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, TO DESIGNATE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AS THE
AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A STATEWIDE WORK SUPPORT
SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM TO ASSIST PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS IN ATTAINING AND
MAINTAINING THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE THROUGH EMPLOYMENT IN
RESPONSE TO THE MANPOWER NEEDS OF THE STATE, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THE WORK
REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE THAT REFUSAL TO ACCEPT SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT RENDERS THE
RECIPIENT INELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE ACT, AND TO MAKE SPECIAL PROVISIONS
FOR PROTECTIVE PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF THOSE DECLARED
INELIGIBLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Employables Program Act enacted
SECTION 1. Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"ARTICLE 5
South Carolina Employables Program Act
Section 43-5-510. This article may be cited as the South Carolina Employables
Program Act.
Section 43-5-520. As used in this article:
(A) 'Assistance' means money, services, goods, shelter, burial, medical, and
other health care, including nursing home care provided from or with municipal,
county, state, or federal funds, for needy persons who reside in this State and
need assistance to provide for themselves and their dependents a decent and
healthful standard of living, and for needy homeless or transient persons.
(B) 'Protective payments' means payments with respect to any dependent child
which are made to another individual who, as determined in accordance with
standards prescribed by the department, is interested in or connected with the
welfare of such child or relative, or made on behalf of the child, or relative
directly to a person furnishing food, living accommodations, or other goods,
services, or items to or for the child.
(C) 'Department' means the Department of Social Services (DSS).
(D) 'Legally responsible relative' means spouses or the parent for an
unemancipated minor child.
(E) 'Timely notice' means notice which is mailed ten days or more before the
intended change would be effective.
(F) 'Adequate notice' means a written notice which includes a statement of
what action the agency intends to take, the reasons for the intended action, the
specific regulations or statutes supporting the action, an explanation of the
individual's right to request an evidentiary and an administrative hearing on the
propriety of the intended action, and the circumstances under which assistance
is continued if a hearing is requested. Adequate notice must be sent not later
than the date of action.
(G) 'Aid to Families with Dependent Children' (AFDC) means the program
authorized by Title IV-A of the Social Security Act to provide financial
assistance and services, (a) to families with children who are deprived of the
support or care of one or more or both parents by reason of death, physical or
mental incapacity, unemployment, or continued absence from home; and (b) to
children living in alternate care arrangements as a result of judicial
determination.
(H) 'Title IV-A State Plan' means a plan that describes aid and services to
needy families and children through Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) which are provided by the State in accordance with the requirements set
forth in Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.
(I) 'State Work Support Plan' means the statewide operational plan for the
Office of Self-Sufficiency Work Support Services Program, covering policy and
procedures also defining components and available services as developed by the
department.
(J) 'Work Support Services Program Unit' means a designated staff unit within
a selected target area which will be responsible for the operation of the DSS
Work Support Services Delivery System within that target area. Functions of the
unit include, but are not limited to, assessment, employability planning,
supportive counseling, service provision, coordination with other community
resources, client case management, and follow-up.
(K) 'Target Area' means a county or group of counties that are implementing
a DSS Work Support Services Program Unit as determined by the availability of
resources in the specified county.
(L) 'Public assistance applicant' means any individual applying for Aid to
Families with Dependent Children or Food Stamps.
(M) 'Public Assistance Recipient' means any individual receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent Children or Food Stamps.
(N) 'AFDC Redetermination' means the reestablishment of an individual's
eligibility to receive AFDC based on a review of the individual's current
circumstances.
(0) 'State Business and Industrial Advisory Committee' means a committee
composed of representatives from businesses and industries statewide whose
purpose is to provide direction and guidance to the operation of the DSS Work
Support Services Program.
(P) 'Intergenerational Reading Program (IRP)' means a program designed to
provide a reading tutoring program for DSS Work Support clients in selected
areas.
(Q) 'Teen Companion Program' means a program designed to provide services to
encourage teenagers, male and female, to refrain from parenting children until
they are prepared to become self-sufficient and can assume the role of a parent.
(R) 'Project Free Enterprise' means a program designed to expose young people
between the age of fourteen and sixteen years who come from AFDC families to the
American free enterprise system. Components of the program include, but are not
limited to, on site visits to businesses, sessions of preparing for the world of
work, and firsthand experiences in operating a business.
(S) 'South Carolina Employables Program' means the Department of Social
Services Work Support Services Delivery System and firsthand experiences in
operating a business.
Section 43-5-530. The provisions of Section 43-5-10, with respect to the
promulgation of regulations, apply to this article.
Section 43-5-540. (a) Every applicant or recipient of public assistance,
within ten days after the application for public assistance or the
redetermination of eligibility as a condition of eligibility for Aid to Families
with Dependent Children shall meet a work registration requirement in accordance
with regulations of the DSS Work Support Services Delivery Program as set forth
in the Department's Title IV-A State Plan, unless the individual is one of the
following:
(1) a child who is attending school or college or an approved program or
vocational training on a full-time basis or who is under the age of sixteen;
(2) ill or incapacitated;
(3) required to be present in the home because of illness or incapacity of
another member of the household;
(4) the mother or other relative of a child under the age of six who is
caring for the child;
(5) the mother or other caretaker of a child if the father or another adult
male relative is in the home and not excluded from the requirement to register,
unless the adult male relative has failed to register as required in this article
or has refused without good cause to accept employment or to participate in work
experience or training;
(6) actively participating in the federal Work Incentive Program, a training
program, or both;
(7) employed full time.
(b) Any person excluded from the requirements of registration by reason of
subsection (a) is encouraged to participate on a voluntary basis and may register
to participate in the DSS Work Support Service Delivery System.
(c) No person registered pursuant to subsection (a) may refuse to accept a bona
fide offer of employment or training. In order to be a bona fide offer of
employment, there must be reasonable assurances that:
(1) appropriate standards for the health, safety, minimum wage, and other
conditions applicable to the performance of work and training in the employment
are established and will be maintained;
(2) with respect to such employment, the conditions of work, training,
education, and employment are reasonable in the light of such factors as type of
work, geographical region, and the proficiency of the participant;
(3) the employment is not available due to a bona fide labor dispute,
strike, or lockout.
(d) Any person required to register, pursuant to subsection (a) who wilfully
fails to register or refuses a bona fide offer of employment or training in
violation of subsection (c), is ineligible for assistance. Where there is no
other parent present who is eligible for assistance, any aid for which the child
is eligible must be provided in the form of protective payment as defined in
Section 43-5-520.
Section 43-5-550. (a) The department is responsible for the development and
operation of a statewide Work Support Services Delivery System which will assist
public assistance recipients, as required to register in Section 43-5-540, or
those who participate on a voluntary basis, to attain economic independence
through employment in response to the manpower needs of the State.
(b) The department must also develop and operate program components, as part
of the DSS Work Support Services Delivery System, which focus upon the special
needs of DSS youth whose ages are from fourteen to seventeen. These special
program components may include, but are not limited to the Intergenerational
Reading, Teen Companion, and Project Free Enterprise program components.
(c) A major focus of the DSS Work Support Services Delivery System is the
mobilization of all available resources, toward a preventive effort designed to
reduce or eliminate the need for economic assistance, which would break the
'welfare cycle'.
(d) The department must seek to ensure that the DSS Work Support Services
Delivery System will not be in competition with or duplicate services of other
work-oriented programs but will supplement and compliment those programs through
the initiation and maintenance of cooperative agreements and contracts, as
considered necessary by the department.
(e) The department shall establish a State Business and Industrial Advisory
Committee which must provide direction and guidance to the department in the
planning, implementation, and operation of the DSS Work Support Services Delivery
System.
(f) The Commissioner of the Department is also responsible, upon approval of
the DSS State Board, for appointing the chairperson and membership of the
committee.
(g) The department is also responsible for developing policies and procedures
governing the operation of the committee.
(h) The department is responsible for developing a State Plan for the design,
implementation, operation, and evaluation of the DSS Work Support Services
Delivery System. The development of this State Plan must be done in coordination
and cooperation with the State Reorganization Commission and the Human Services
Integration Project. The State Plan must incorporate the following components:
(1) Referrals must be made to the existing Intake Unit in the DSS County
Office in which the Work Support Services Program is being operated. Applicants
for public assistance who are determined ineligible will be referred, as
considered appropriate by the department, to other service agencies.
(2) The client assessment component of the Work Support Services Unit is to
determine the individual client's current employability status and level of
functioning in the following areas as are appropriate for that client:
(a) vocational assessment;
(b) educational assessment;
(c) psychological assessment;
(d) social assessment;
(e) medical assessment;
(f) economic assessment.
(3) Following assessment, an individual employability plan must be written
responding to the needs of the client. A vocational objective must be
established for each client in keeping with identified abilities, aptitudes,
competencies, and interests. Services must also be identified in the Plan which
assist the client to enter employment.
(4) Work Support Services must be provided to assist public assistance
recipients to enter the work force. Services must be provided based upon
individual employability needs of the client and may include, but not be limited
to the following:
(a) Adjustment services shall focus on the special personal, social, and
work-related needs of the client such as work maturity, job tolerance,
motivation, and other necessary employment skills. These adjustment services
will be provided by Work Support Services staff or by contracts or cooperative
agreements with other agencies, or both.
(b) Vocational and educational training must be provided to clients based
on specific needs identified during the assessment phase. The following types
of training may be provided depending on individual need:
(i) On-the-job training must be provided through cooperative agreements
or contracts with employers, or both.
(ii) Semi-skilled and skilled training must be provided through
cooperative agreements or contracts with the Department of Vocational
Rehabilitation, State Department of Education, State Board for Technical and
Comprehensive Education, the private sector, or all; and
(iii) Specialized training and education must be made available on an
individual basis where appropriate and cost effective.
(c) Supportive counseling and guidance must be provided throughout the
Work Support Services process and continue following job placement as determined
necessary by the DSS Work Support Services staff and the client.
(d) These services must be provided on an individual basis and may
include, but not be limited to, a child or dependent, or both, transportation,
care, housing, physical restoration, and mental health. Some of the necessary
ancillary services may be provided through the utilization of existing resources
in the targeted areas of operation, such as day care providers, the Housing
Authority, public or private transportation services, or both.
(5) Job marketing and selective placement services must be provided by the
DSS Work Support Services staff and through cooperative agreement or contracts
with the Employment Security Commission, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation,
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Private Industry Councils (PIC), State
Development Board, State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, or all.
Emphasis must be placed on the identification and development of quality
placements to assure the continued self-sufficiency of DSS clients served.
(6) The department is responsible for the development of policies and
procedures related to case management, client staffings, and other requirements,
in keeping with state and federal regulations.
(7) The department is responsible for the establishment of specific
performance measurements, which must be incorporated into a comprehensive
evaluation design, focusing on the cost effectiveness and efficiency of the
program.
(a) The department is responsible for identifying specific target areas
within the State to implement a Work Support Services Unit. The holistic service
delivery approach may be adapted and implemented in a specific county or
multi-county area within the State. The department must identify factors to be
considered in implementing the Work Support Services Delivery System in a
targeted area. These factors may include the special employability needs of the
population, the uniqueness of the area, the manpower needs, and the availability
of needed resources and services.
(b) The department shall establish a community-based Work Support Council
in each of the target areas in which a Work Support Services Unit is operated.
The department is also responsible for developing policies and procedures
governing the operation of the Council. This Council shall provide input and
guidance regarding the operation of that specific DSS Work Support Services
Program Unit. The Legislative Delegation shall appoint members in proportion to
population of county and the chairmanship shall rotate between counties. All
members shall serve terms of four years with no limit on the number of terms that
may be served. Membership shall include the business and industrial sector,
involved agencies and organizations, and DSS clientele in the targeted area. The
membership of the Council shall include, as a minimum, the following composition:
(1) five members from the involved agencies and organizations,
(2) five members from the business and industrial sector, and
(3) two members from DSS clientele.
(c) The department shall take all appropriate measures to obtain any
necessary federal approval and assistance for the South Carolina Employables
Program.
(d) No department or agency of this State and no vendor delivering social
services funded in whole or in part by contracts with or grants from the
department shall discriminate in any manner, including employment or job
placement, against any person because that person is or was an applicant for or
recipient of assistance.
Section 43-5-560. The department may appoint a protective payee to take charge
of the expenditure of assistance granted any person under this act when, in its
opinion, consistent with federal regulations, such protective payee is necessary.
In any such case, payment must be made directly to the protective payee. A
protective payee shall serve without compensation and is subject to such
regulations and accounting as the department shall prescribe.
Section 43-5-570. A person is not in a class of persons excluded from
mandatory participation in the South Carolina Employables Program who without
good cause (1) voluntarily terminates employment or reduces his earning capacity
for the purpose of qualifying for assistance or a larger amount thereof, (2)
refuses to participate in the DSS Work Support Services Delivery System in
keeping with the State Plan, or (3) fails or refuses to accept referral to and
participate in a vocational rehabilitation or training program, or refuses to
accept referral to and work in employment in which he is able to engage, provided
the employment conforms to the standards established for a bona fide offer of
employment in the South Carolina Employables Program and is disqualified from
receiving assistance for three payment months for the first such failure and for
six payment months for any subsequent such failure.
Section 43-5-580. (a) Every applicant for assistance whose eligibility is
based on deprivation due to absence of a parent from a home must be referred to
the Office of Child Support Enforcement within two working days of the furnishing
of aid or the determination that an individual is a recipient of public
assistance. The department is responsible for taking all steps necessary to
identify, locate, and obtain support payments from absent parents.
(b) The department shall establish a scale of suggested minimum contributions
to assist courts in determining the amount that an absent parent should be
expected to pay toward the support of a dependent child. Copies of this scale
must be made available to courts, district attorneys, and to the public. It is
intended that the scale formulated pursuant to this section be optional.
(c) Failure of the absent parent to comply with his support obligations must
be referred to the court having jurisdiction of this matter for appropriate
proceedings.
Section 43-5-590. In accordance with a child support plan approved by the
federal government, the department has the power and its duty must be to:
(a) Require as a condition of eligibility for assistance that the applicant
or recipient:
(i) furnish his social security account number or, to the extent permitted
by federal law, proof of making application for a social security account number
if the applicant or recipient has no social security account number;
(ii) assign to the State any rights to support from any other person the
applicant may have in his own behalf or in behalf of any other family member for
whom the applicant is applying for or receiving aid and which have accrued at the
time the assignment is executed or which may accrue in the future; provided, that
by accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a child or children, or by
making application for services under Title IV-D, or through placement of a child
or children in state-funded foster care or under Title IV-E, except where good
cause as determined by the agency exists, the recipient or applicant is
considered to have made an assignment to the State Department of Social Services
of any rights, title, and interest to any support obligation which is owed for
the child or children or for the absent parent's spouse or former spouse who is
the recipient or the applicant with whom the child is living, if and to the
extent that a spousal support obligation has been established and the child and
the child support obligation is being enforced pursuant to Title IV-D of the
federal Social Security Act. The assignment to the department is considered to
have been made up to the amount of public assistance money or foster care board
payments paid for or on behalf of the child or children for that period of time
as the public assistance monies or foster care board payments are paid. The
assignment shall consist of all rights and interest in any support obligation
that the recipient may be owed past, present, or future by any person up to the
amount of public assistance money paid to the recipient for or on behalf of the
minor child or children or a child in foster care. The department is subrogated
to the rights of the child or children or the person having custody of the child
or children to collect and receive all support payments. The department has the
right to initiate any support action in its own name or in the name of the
recipient to recover any payments ordered by the courts of this or any other
state or to obtain a court order to initiate these payments including an action
to determine the paternity of a child.
(3) cooperate with the department in establishing the paternity of a child
born out of wedlock with respect to whom aid is claimed, and in obtaining support
payments for such applicant and for a child with respect to whom such aid is
claimed, or in obtaining any other payments or property due such applicant of
such child and that, if the relative with whom a child is living is found to be
ineligible because of failure to comply with the requirements of items (a) and
(b), any aid for which such child is eligible will be provided in the form of
protective payments. The department shall establish criteria in accordance with
federal regulations to determine whether action to establish paternity and secure
support is not in the best interest of a child.
(b) Provide for protective payments for any child eligible for assistance when
a caretaker relative is ineligible due to the caretaker relative's failure to
comply with either subitems (1) or (2) of item (a) of this section.
(c) Provide that in any case in which the child support payments are collected
for a child with respect to whom an assignment has been made pursuant to subitem
(2) of item (a) of this section the payment is made to the department for
distribution pursuant to item (g) of this section except for those payments made
for any month in which the amount collected is sufficient to make the family
ineligible for assistance. The department shall pay such amounts to the
recipient consistent with federal law and regulations. Whenever a family ceases
receiving public assistance the assignment pursuant to subitem (2) of item (a)
of this section terminates except with respect to the amount of any unpaid
support obligation that has accrued under the assignment. From this amount the
department shall attempt to collect the unpaid obligation and distribute the
amounts consistent with federal laws and regulations. The department shall
continue to provide all appropriate IV-D services for a period not to exceed
three months from the month following the month in which the family ceased to
receive public assistance. The department may not charge fees or recover costs
from support collections and must pay all amounts collected which represent
monthly support payments to the family. At the end of this period if the
department is authorized to do so by the individual on whose behalf the services
are rendered, continue to provide all appropriate IV-D services and distribute
any amounts collected consistent with federal laws and regulations except that
the department may not require any formal application or impose an application
fee but may recover costs consistent with federal laws and regulations pursuant
to item (f) of this section.
(d) The department shall create a single and separate organizational unit which
is responsible for developing and implementing a federally approved state plan
for child support. The unit shall maintain a parent locator service to locate
absent relatives owing or allegedly owing child support utilizing all sources of
information and legally available records and the parent locator service of the
Federal Department of Health and Human Services, by filing in accordance with
Section 453(B) of the Social Security Act. Any state or local agency or private
employer of this State upon request of the Department of Social Services shall
provide the Department with information regarding the name, address, and social
security number of a person owing or allegedly owing an obligation of support for
a dependent child. The department, upon receipt of this information, may make
it available only to the appropriate officials or agencies of this or any other
state operating a program pursuant to Title IV-D of the federal Social Security
Act.
(e) Undertake either directly or pursuant to cooperative arrangements with
appropriate courts or law enforcement officials to:
(i) establish paternity of children born out of wedlock with respect to whom
an assignment pursuant to subitem (2) of item (a) of this section has been made
or with respect to an individual not otherwise eligible pursuant to item (f) of
this section;
(ii) secure support for a child with respect to whom such an assignment has
been made from any legally responsible relative.
(f) The department must provide that the support collection or paternity
determination services made available to approved applicants for Aid to Families
With Dependent Children under this section be made available to any individual
not receiving assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Program who files an application for the services with the department. In the
case of an individual not otherwise eligible for these services under the Aid to
Families with Dependent Children Program, a fee and cost may be imposed by the
department. The fee and cost must be an amount not to exceed the amount
permitted by federal law. Such fees and cost recoveries as would cause a
reduction in the amount of federal matching funds must be retained by the
department to offset, dollar for dollar, the federal reductions.
(g) provide for bonus payments to recipients consistent with federal law from
amounts collected periodically without any decrease in the amount of assistance;
(h) make incentive payments to political subdivisions consistent with federal
law whenever the political subdivision enforces or collects support rights
assigned to the department pursuant to subitem (2) of item (a) and item (f) of
this section.
(i) construe and implement this section in order to comply with Title IV-D of
the federal Social Security Act relating to child support and the establishment
of paternity. The department shall take all steps necessary to implement a
federally approved state plan for child support.
Section 43-5-600. Monies due from or payable by this State, including any
agency, instrumentality, or authority of the State, and due to any individual is
subject, in like manner and to the same extent as if the State were a private
person, to legal process brought for the enforcement against such individual of
his legal obligations to provide support for a child or spouse; provided,
however, that Section 41-35-140 shall control in cases concerning the South
Carolina Employment Security Commission.
Section 43-5-610. (a) A central registry of records must be maintained in the
department showing, as far as it is known, with respect to any parent who has
deserted or abandoned any child receiving Aid to Families with Dependent
Children:
(1) the full and true name of the parent, together with any known aliases;
(2) date and place of birth;
(3) physical description;
(4) social security number;
(5) occupation and any special skills he may have;
(6) military status and Veterans' Administration or military service serial
number;
(7) last known address and the date of the address;
(8) the number of the driver's license;
(9) any further information that may be of assistance in locating the
person.
(b) To effectuate the purposes of this section, the department may request and
shall receive from all departments, bureaus, commissions, boards, or other
agencies of South Carolina, or any of its political subdivisions, and the same
are authorized to provide, assistance and data as will enable the department and
other public agencies to carry out their duties to locate absent parents for the
support of their children.
(c) Any records established pursuant to the provisions of this section are
available only to public welfare offices, county attorneys, solicitors, probation
departments, central registries in other states, and courts having jurisdiction
in support or abandonment proceedings or actions and only for the purposes for
which the records have been established.
Section 43-5-620. (a) The Commissioner or his designees, in writing, shall
have access to all records and the department, in cooperation with all other
departments of the executive branch, shall establish a single uniform system of
information clearance and retrieval, wherever possible.
(b) The bureau of employment security shall provide the department with a
statement of earnings clearance upon the request of the department.
(c) Upon request of the department, the bureau of motor vehicles shall provide
information as to all vehicles owned by the applicant or recipient.
(d) With the exception of the access provided by subsections (b) and (c), the
provisions of subsection (a) may not be construed to give the department access
to information which would otherwise be considered privileged or confidential
pursuant to state or federal law.
Section 43-5-630. For purposes of determining eligibility for assistance, the
income received by individuals employed on a contractual basis may be prorated
over the period of the contract or intermittent income received quarterly,
semi-annually, or yearly may be prorated over the period covered by the income.
Section 43-5-640. Two copies of all reports required by the National Center
for Social Statistics of the Department of Health and Human Services must be
furnished to the Senate Medical Affairs Committee and the Medical, Military,
Public and Municipal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives when they
are submitted to the federal government."
Implementation
SECTION 2. Sufficient funds and staffing allocations to implement the DSS Work
Support Services Delivery System in keeping with an established schedule for
implementation and unit cost as developed by the department will be appropriated.
System must be implemented statewide by fiscal
year 1988-89
SECTION 3. The DSS Work Support Services Delivery System, depending upon the
availability of resources, must be implemented statewide by fiscal year 1988-89.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1986. |