HF739 Summary

• Modifies data privacy practices for welfare system information, allowing disclosure to Department of Revenue and other agencies for program administration, child support enforcement, and tax credit eligibility determination

• Expands child care assistance eligibility by allowing in-home care when authorized activities occur during times out-of-home care is unavailable or would disrupt the child's sleep schedule

• Changes MFIP employment and training requirements by extending job search periods from six weeks to three months and modifying interview options to allow phone, internet telepresence, or face-to-face meetings

• Increases performance-based funding allocations for counties and tribes from 2.5 percent to five percent for meeting self-support index targets

• Modifies child maltreatment reporting procedures by allowing screened-out reports to be used only for offering social services and requiring agencies to accept reports without reporter identification information