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AMENDMENT NO 4 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2369

BY: Senator(s) Hickman, Simmons (12th), Simmons (13th), Blount, Frazier, Jackson, Jordan, Thomas, Turner-Ford, Butler (36th), Butler (38th), Blackmon, Barnett, Norwood, Horhn

     AMEND by inserting the following language below line 216:

(4)  Grant assistance under the TANF program to a dependent child and such caretaker relative if their family income does not exceed one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of the federal poverty level.  However, the Department of Human Services shall not deny TANF benefits to any family assistance unit under one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the federal poverty level and who otherwise meets all other qualifications set out under state and federal law.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.