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2016 SESSION

16100992D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1129
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 13, 2016
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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Patrons-- Kory, Bagby, Boysko, Carr and Hope
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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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 adjusting 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 to compensate for inflation. The Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its progress in implementing the provisions of this section no later than December 1, 2016.