HB 2220 has two components:
- The bill allows that, in addition to their monthly benefit payment, a family may earn and keep seventy-five percent, as opposed to the current 50%, of its earnings during every month it is eligible to receive assistance under this section.
- The bill directs the Department of Social and Health Services to pass through child support to a family on public assistance when the child support does not exceed $100/month per month collected on behalf of a family; or in the case of a family that includes two or more children an amount that is not more than $200 per month.
The effective date of the bill is July 1, 2015.
