2001 Senate Bill 817 ↩

Senate Roll Call 516: Passed

To require the Family Independence Agency (FIA) to adopt an electronic system for the distribution of food stamps, and to tie eligibility for welfare payments to a person’s compliance with the "social contract" work and training requirements imposed by welfare reform. Among other things the bill requires FIA to stop benefits immediately if the person fails to comply, rather than gradually, and replaces a minimum 20-hour a week work and training requirement with authorization for FIA to require up to 40 hours a week. A person whose benefits have been stopped for noncompliance could not reapply for at least one month.