HI HB779

Directs the financial assistance advisory council to assist the department of human services in proposing recommendations to restructure the welfare payment system, beginning no later than January 1, 2016.

Requires the council to examine current welfare payment structures and ways to revise them so recipients can advance careers or obtain higher-paying jobs without necessarily losing welfare benefits.

Mandates the council create a sliding-scale payment system that incrementally reduces welfare payments as recipients earn more income and advance their careers.

Requires the council to explore additional methods to incentivize welfare recipients to seek financial self-sufficiency.

Council must report findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2016 regular session convenes.