HB 2755 Summary

• Requires the Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board and Department of Economic Security to jointly report annually to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on child welfare coordination efforts and collaboration with community groups.

• Modifies Title IV-D child support services fees by changing the threshold from $500 to $550 and adjusting the annual fee structure to comply with federal law (42 U.S.C. § 654(6)(B)(ii)).

• Eliminates the outdated cost-effectiveness study rate reporting requirement for developmental disability services (removes Section 36-2960(B)).

• Expands the housing trust fund to allow spending on housing assistance and support services for persons with serious mental illness who are chronically resistant to treatment, and requires reporting on individuals benefiting from this assistance.

• Adds provisions allowing the Department of Economic Security to reduce maximum income eligibility levels for child care assistance to manage within appropriated funds, with required notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and authorizes drug testing of TANF cash benefits recipients with positive results resulting in one-year ineligibility.