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2017 SESSION
17100918DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 63.2-612 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 63.2-612. Time limit on the receipt of TANF.
Unless otherwise
exempt, A. VIEW
participants and their families may receive TANF financial assistance for a maximumperiod
of 24 12
months only, subject to § 63. 2-613. VIEW participants and
their families may receive TANF financial assistance, if otherwise eligible,
after a subsequent period of 24 months. However, the 24-month. A VIEW participant
who has received TANF financial assistance for a period of 12 consecutive
months shall be ineligible to receive TANF benefits
for a period of 12 consecutive
months thereafter, unless exempt from the period of ineligibility pursuant to § 63.2-613.
A VIEW participant may subsequently become eligible to receive TANF financial
assistance again after the 12-month
period of ineligibility has elapsed.
No VIEW participant shall be eligible to
receive TANF financial assistance for more than 24 months total during his
lifetime.
B. The 12-month
period of ineligibility described in
subsection A shall not apply when a child is removed from
the parents' home as the result of a child protective services report or
complaint as defined in regulations promulgated by the Board and is placed with
a relative. In such cases, the relative with whom the child is placed shall be
eligible to receive TANF financial assistance immediately and without waiting
for the 24-month 12-month
period of ineligibility to run.
C. The local department shall notify a VIEW participant and his family that his TANF financial assistance is scheduled to be terminated as provided in this section. Notice shall be given 60 days prior to such termination and shall inform the VIEW participant and his family of the exception regulations adopted by the Board and the procedure to be followed by the VIEW participant and his family if he believes that he is entitled to an extension of benefits.