CS/HB 959 (2019) - Public Assistance

General Bill by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee and Zika

Public Assistance: Requires managing entities to provide local workforce development boards with information about providers of behavioral health services; revises penalties for noncompliance with work requirements for receipt of temporary cash assistance; requires DEO to inform participants in temporary cash assistance program of work requirements & sanctions & penalties for noncompliance with work requirements; prohibits use or acceptance of EBT card at specified locations; requires local workforce development boards to provide list of local providers of behavioral health services to temporary cash assistance recipients; directs AHCA to seek federal approval to require Medicaid enrollees to provide proof to DCF of engagement in work activities for receipt of temporary cash assistance as condition of eligibility & enrollment.

Effective Date: July 1, 2019

Last Event: Died in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

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Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- On agenda for: 03/13/19 8:30 AM
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- Temporarily Postponed (final action)
- On agenda for: 03/20/19 9:00 AM
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) See Votes
Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
Health & Human Services Committee

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: SB 1634	Subject: Public Assistance	Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 955	Subject: Medicaid Eligibility Requirements	Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Committee Substitute 1
Original Filed Version
- A 288579 , Zika (CFS) Date Filed: 03/19/19, Line#: 52 House(c): Adopted Without Objection 03/20/2019 11:58 AM
- A 544063 , Zika (CFS) Date Filed: 03/19/19, Line#: 290 House(c): Adopted Without Objection 03/20/2019 11:58 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: House	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee 3/20/2019 5:53:40 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee 3/12/2019 3:12:29 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: H Died in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Version: c1
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 03/21/2019 - 7:15 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Time: 03/21/2019 - 5:20 PM	Member:	Committee: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Version: c1
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee	Time: 03/21/2019 - 5:20 PM	Member:	Committee: Health & Human Services Committee	Version: c1
Event: H Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Time: 03/21/2019 - 5:20 PM	Member:	Committee: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Version: c1
Event: H CS Filed	Time: 03/20/2019 - 5:58 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)	Time: 03/20/2019 - 5:58 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 03/20/2019 - 5:54 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 03/20/2019 - 11:58 AM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda	Time: 03/18/2019 - 4:12 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda	Time: 03/11/2019 - 4:00 PM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 03/05/2019 - 11:28 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee	Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM	Member:	Committee: Health & Human Services Committee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM	Member:	Committee: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM	Member:	Committee: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Filed	Time: 02/20/2019 - 12:28 PM	Member: Perez	Committee:	Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
394.9082
402.82	SB 1634
409.972	CS/SB 528, SB 818, HB 955, CS/CS/HB 1187, SB 1634
414.065	HB 509, CS/SB 884*, SB 1634
445.024	SB 1634
445.025

(*) Not the latest version