H 3207 General Bill, By R.S. Corning, Cato, Cooper, Davenport, Gamble, Harrison, 
W.S. Houck and Vaughn
 A Bill to provide that no more children may be included in the size of a
 family, for the purpose of determining the amount of Aid to Families with
 Dependent Children (AFDC) that a family may receive, than the number in the
 family at the time AFDC eligibility was determined and to provide an
 exception; to provide that a family may not receive AFDC benefits for one year
 or longer to increase the number of children in the family size for the
 purpose of determining the amount of benefits; to provide that the mother in a
 family that is eligible to receive AFDC benefits must consent to and have a
 birth control device surgically implanted and that a woman receiving an
 implant is eligible for Medicaid for this procedure; and to provide that the
 mother in a family currently receiving benefits has one year to have a birth
 control device surgically implanted.

   01/20/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-11
   01/20/93  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-19

A BILL

TO PROVIDE THAT NO MORE CHILDREN MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE SIZE OF A FAMILY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN (AFDC) THAT A FAMILY MAY RECEIVE, THAN THE NUMBER IN THE FAMILY AT THE TIME AFDC ELIGIBILITY WAS DETERMINED AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION; TO PROVIDE THAT A FAMILY MAY NOT RECEIVE AFDC BENEFITS FOR ONE YEAR OR LONGER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY SIZE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MOTHER IN A FAMILY THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AFDC BENEFITS MUST CONSENT TO AND HAVE A BIRTH CONTROL DEVICE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED AND THAT A WOMAN RECEIVING AN IMPLANT IS ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID FOR THIS PROCEDURE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MOTHER IN A FAMILY CURRENTLY RECEIVING BENEFITS HAS ONE YEAR TO HAVE A BIRTH CONTROL DEVICE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to eligibility for or benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), no more children may be included in the family size, for the purpose of determining the amount of AFDC the family is to receive, than the number of children included in the family size at the time eligibility for AFDC was determined. However, a child born into a family within ten months of the date eligibility is determined may be included in the family size, and a child born before May 1, 1995, into a family receiving AFDC benefits or for whom eligibility has been determined as of July 1, 1994, may be included in the family size for the purpose of determining the amount of AFDC the family is to receive.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 1, a family which becomes ineligible for or which ceases receiving AFDC benefits for any reason and subsequently applies for benefits only may include the number of children that were included in the family size at the time benefits ceased unless the family has not received AFDC benefits for one year or longer.

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law related to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), if a family with two or more children applies and is eligible for AFDC, before benefits may be received the mother must consent to and have surgically implanted Norplant or some other similar reversible birth control device with a five year or longer period of effectiveness. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Medicaid eligibility, a woman who has a birth control device surgically implanted pursuant to this section is eligible for Medicaid for this procedure.

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law related to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the mother in a family with two or more children receiving AFDC as of July 1, 1994, which continuously remains eligible, has through June 30, 1995, to consent to and have surgically implanted Norplant or some other similar reversible birth control device with a five year or longer period of effectiveness. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Medicaid eligibility, a woman who has a birth control device surgically implanted pursuant to this section is eligible for Medicaid for this procedure.

SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 1994.