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REFERENCE TITLE: SNAP; mandatory employment; training |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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HB 2502 |
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Introduced by Representatives Biasiucci: Gress, Martinez
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An Act
amending title 46, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 46-232; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 46, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 46-232, to read:
46-232. Supplemental nutrition assistance program; mandatory employment and training
The department of economic security shall require able-bodied adults who are under sixty years of age and who are receiving supplemental nutrition assistance to participate in a mandatory employment and training program, as prescribed in 7 United States Code Section 2015(d), unless the recipient is:
1. In compliance with the work registration requirements under title IV of the social security act or the federal-state unemployment compensation system. A recipient who is noncompliant with the work registration requirements of Title IV of the social security act or the federal-state unemployment compensation system is noncompliant with the work requirements of 7 United States Code section 2015(d).
2. A parent or other member of a household who is responsible for the care of an incapacitated person or a dependent child who is under six years of age.
3. A bona fide student who is enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher education unless the recipient is ineligible to participate pursuant to 7 United States Code section 2015(e).
4. A regular participant in a drug addiction or an alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program.
5. Employed a minimum of thirty hours per week or receiving weekly earnings that equal the minimum hourly rate under the fair labor standards act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060; 29 United States Code section 201), multiplied by thirty hours.
6. Sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years of age and is not the head of a household or attends school or is enrolled in an employment training program on at least a half-time basis.