Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231.6 – Termination of eligibility; twenty-four-month limit; refusal of employment
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231.6
- Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Family Success Agreement: means the mutually developed contract between a FITAP recipient, on behalf of their family, and the department that sets forth mutual and time-bound responsibilities, expectations, activities, and goals designed to transition a participant from welfare to self-sufficiency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- FITAP: means the cash assistance program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Recipient: means the person who has received assistance under this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- STEP: means the education, employment, training and related services program for families receiving cash assistance payments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Work-eligible: refers to families containing an adult under sixty years of age, or teen head of household, that is not disabled, incapacitated, or caring for a family member who is disabled or incapacitated as documented by a medical expert to which the status of disability is clearly established and explained. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
A. A family shall be ineligible for FITAP benefits, including automatic eligibility for medical assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), if any one of the following applies:
(1) The parent has received FITAP for at least twenty-four months, whether consecutive or not, out of the previous sixty months after January 1, 1997.
(2) A work-eligible parent has declined or refused the opportunity for full-time employment as specified in the participant’s Family Success Agreement or has not complied with required work activities as specified in the participant’s Family Success Agreement.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to an individual who is incapacitated or has a disability as documented or to such an individual in the recipient‘s household.
C. The secretary of the department may promulgate rules and regulations which establish exceptions to the time limitations provided in this Section to the extent that funds are available for this purpose; however, any such exception shall be contingent upon the recipient maintaining compliance with the STEP Family Success Agreement pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 46:231.12.
D, E. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 285, §2, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 1997, No. 1155, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 58, §1; Acts 2004, No. 110, §1; Acts 2004, No. 675, §1; Acts 2013, No. 285, §§1, 2, eff. June 14, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 811, §24, eff. June 23, 2014.