H*4190 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H*4190 Resolution, By S.S. Wofford, R.A. Barber, Boan, H. Brown, H.H. Clyborne,
Cobb-Hunter, R.S. Corning, Delleney, J.H. Hodges, H.G. Hutson, Law,
J.T. McElveen, J.H. Neal, T.F. Rogers, J.S. Shissias, C.H. Stone and
C.Y. Waites
A House Resolution providing for a task force to study all aspects of the
problem of welfare dependency in South Carolina and recommend to the House of
Representatives methods of welfare reform.
05/12/93 House Introduced HJ-71
05/12/93 House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-71
05/26/93 House Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military,
Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-6
06/02/93 House Amended HJ-42
06/02/93 House Adopted HJ-42
AMENDED
June 2, 1993
H. 4190
Introduced by REPS. Wofford, Clyborne, Law, McElveen, Corning,
Hodges, Hutson, H. Brown, Boan, Stone, Shissias, Neal, Cobb-Hunter,
Rogers, Waites, Delleney and Barber
S. Printed 6/2/93--H.
Read the first time May 12, 1993.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ALL ASPECTS OF
THE PROBLEM OF WELFARE DEPENDENCY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA AND RECOMMEND TO THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES METHODS OF WELFARE REFORM.
Amend Title To Conform
Whereas, the welfare system was developed in this country to assist
temporarily families who were unable to provide for their basic needs
and to provide a foundation for families to better themselves; and
Whereas, this system often has failed to be the springboard to
self-sufficiency and independence that it was thought to be; and
Whereas, too many families, and even generations of families, have
grown increasingly dependent on the welfare system and unable to break
the welfare cycle; and
Whereas, welfare policy should promote pride, responsibility, and
independence and should assist families in breaking the welfare cycle;
and
Whereas, to achieve this goal, it is necessary to conduct an extensive
study of the welfare system in an effort to develop methods of
restructuring public assistance programs in this State and to reallocate
scarce resources so as to further self-sufficiency for recipients of public
assistance. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: That:
I. (A) There is established a task force to study welfare reform in
this State, to be composed as follows:
(1) three members of the House Judiciary Committee;
(2) four members of the House Medical, Military, Public and
Municipal Affairs Committee, all from Subcommittee 5 of that
committee;
(3) three members of the House Ways and Means Committee;
(4) one current and one former recipient of Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC) to be appointed by the commissioner
of the South Carolina Department of Social Services;
(5) the commissioner of the Department of Health and
Environmental Control or his designee;
(6) the executive director of the Health and Human Services
Finance Commission or his designee;
(7) the executive director of the Employment Security
Commission;
(8) the executive director of the State Board for Technical and
Comprehensive Education or his designee;
(9) the commissioner of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services or his designee;
(10) the State Superintendent of Education or her designee;
(11) a member of the South Carolina Legal Services Association
appointed by the president of that association;
(12) a member of the South Carolina Hospital Association to be
appointed by the president of that association;
(13) a member of the South Carolina Medical Association to be
appointed by the president of that association;
(14) two persons from the private sector to be appointed by the
chairperson of the task force;
(15) a member of the Urban League to be appointed by the
president of the Urban League;
(16) a member of the South Carolina Chapter of the American
Civil Liberties Union to be appointed by the chapter president;
(17) a member of a local ministerial outreach organization in
South Carolina to be appointed by the chairperson of the task force;
(18) a member of the United Way of South Carolina to be
appointed by the president of the United Way of South Carolina; and
(19) a member of the Alliance for South Carolina's Children to
be appointed by the president of the Alliance for South Carolina's
Children;
(20) a member of South Carolina Fair Share to be appointed by
the chief executive officer of South Carolina Fair Share;
(21) such other members as the chairperson and task force
members consider necessary to carry out the responsibilities and duties
of the task force.
The members of the task force under items (1), (2), and (3) of subpart
(A) of this Part I shall be the voting members of the task force; the
members of the task force under items (4) through (19) of subpart (A)
shall be nonvoting members of the task force.
(B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the
task force members from the House of Representatives under items (1),
(2), and (3) of subpart (A). The chairperson of the task force and a vice
chairperson shall be elected by the voting members of the task force.
(C) Vacancies occurring on the task force for any reason must be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment or designation.
(D) Staff to assist the task force shall be provided by the South
Carolina Department of Social Services, the House Judiciary Committee,
the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee,
and the House Ways and Means Committee, as assigned by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, with the concurrence of the
commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Social Services in
the case of staff personnel from that agency.
(E) The members of the task force shall receive the usual mileage,
subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards,
committees, and commissions when engaged in the actual performance
of their duties as members of the task force, to be paid from the
approved accounts of the House of Representatives. Staff assisting the
task force, as provided under subpart (D) of this Part I, shall receive no
compensation for their services in addition to their normal compensation
as state employees, except that the voting members of the task force, by
majority vote, may authorize the payment of mileage and subsistence to
staff personnel when such personnel are engaged in the actual
performance of task force work at a location more than twenty-five miles
from Columbia, to be paid from the approved accounts of the House of
Representatives.
(F) The task force shall meet as often and in such locations in the
State as the chairperson or a majority of the voting members of the task
force shall designate. At the direction of the chairperson, the task force
may be divided into subcommittees for the purposes of meeting and
carrying out the functions of the task force.
II. (A) The task force shall study all aspects of the problem of
welfare dependency in this State, including, but not limited to, the
following:
(1) methods of providing job training for both custodial and
noncustodial parents of children receiving AFDC;
(2) methods of enforcing parental responsibility for child
support;
(3) methods of providing, and the availability of, thorough
family planning counseling and assistance;
(4) methods to encourage recipients to limit the number of
children born into families receiving AFDC;
(5) providing incentives for AFDC recipients to enter and
remain in the workplace;
(6) developing methods and resources which will prevent
persons from having to seek assistance from the AFDC program;
(7) availability of child care services for AFDC recipients
making the transition to self-sufficiency; and
(8) any alternatives to the current AFDC program that could be
proposed to the federal government for pilot programs.
(B) The task force shall submit to the House of Representatives its
recommendations for welfare reform in this State in the form of a written
report identifying laws which need to be amended or repealed or which
should be added to the 1976 Code of Laws and identifying and seeking
waivers to federal obstacles to state flexibility. The report must be
submitted by January 15, 1994, upon which submission the work of the
task force shall be concluded and the task force dissolved.
III. The task force may procure information and assistance from any
officer or agency of the State or of a political subdivision of the State,
and every such officer and agency shall provide the task force relevant
information and reasonable assistance on matters of research within their
knowledge and control.
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