SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 941
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BANKS.
Read 1st time February 24, 1998, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S3618.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 208, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to eligibility for public assistance.
Section A. Chapter 208, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 208.145, to read as follows:
208.145. For the purposes of the application of section 208.151, RSMo, individuals shall be deemed to be recipients of aid to families with dependent children and individuals shall be deemed eligible for such assistance if:
(1) The individual meets eligibility requirements which are no more restrictive than the July 16, 1996, eligibility requirements for aid to families with dependent children, as established by the division of family services; or
(2) Each dependent child, and each relative with whom such a child is living including the spouse of such relative as described in 42 U.S.C. 606(b), as in effect on July 16, 1996, who ceases to meet the eligibility criteria set forth in subdivision (1) of this section as a result of the collection or increased collection of child or spousal support under part IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., and who has received such aid in at least three of the six months immediately preceding the month in which ineligibility begins, shall be deemed eligible for an additional four calendar months beginning with the month in which such ineligibility begins.