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This bill proposes to modify Tennessee's personal responsibility plans for families receiving temporary assistance by removing several existing requirements. Specifically, the bill eliminates previous mandates that parents or caretakers must ensure their children attend school, receive immunizations, and undergo health checks as part of their personal responsibility plan. The bill also removes the previous provision that would reduce temporary assistance payments by 20% for non-compliance with certain plan requirements. Under the amended law, the personal responsibility plan would still require parents or caretakers to cooperate in establishing child support and identifying the father of a child, unless there is "good cause" not to do so. The plan would continue to allow potential transportation and childcare assistance for individuals participating in work activities, but would remove some of the more stringent compliance requirements that previously existed. The effective date of the bill is immediate upon becoming law, reflecting the legislature's assessment that the changes serve the public welfare.

Health and Social Services

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0107&ga=114