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2014 SESSION

14100488D
SENATE BILL NO. 132
Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled December 30, 2013
A BILL to require the Department of Social Services to annually review the amount of payments made to TANF recipients and index the amount of such payments to the Consumer Price Index.
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Patron-- Favola
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Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Social Services shall develop and implement a process for annually reviewing the amount of assistance paid to eligible recipients through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and indexing the amount of such payments in an amount equal to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the year immediately preceding the year in which the review occurs. The Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its progress in implementing the provisions of this act no later than December 1, 2014.