HB369 Summary

• Requires each adult recipient of state or local public benefits to participate in mandatory community service programs of at least 20 hours per week, effective July 1, 2017.

• Establishes penalties for non-compliance: 90 days ineligibility for first violation, 180 days for second, and one year for third and subsequent violations.

• Exempts emergency medical care, disaster relief, immunizations, communicable disease treatment, and other specified assistance programs from community service requirements.

• Implements drug screening for TANF applicants with drug convictions within five years, beginning October 1, 2018, with ineligibility periods ranging from one year to permanent ineligibility based on positive test results.

• Allows parents deemed ineligible due to drug screening to designate a protective payee to receive benefits for dependent children, protecting child family members' eligibility.