95-20293. Pending Demonstration Project Proposal Submitted by Florida Pursuant to Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42576-42577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20293]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Pending Demonstration Project Proposal Submitted by Florida 
Pursuant to Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice describes a new proposal for a combined welfare 
reform/Medicaid demonstration project submitted to the Department of 
Health and Human Services. Federal approval for the proposal has been 
requested pursuant to section 1115 of the Social Security Act.

COMMENTS: We will accept written comments on this proposal. We will, if 
feasible, acknowledge receipt of all comments, but we will not provide 
written responses to comments. We will, neither approve nor disapprove 
any component of the proposal for at least 30 days following the date 
of receipt of the proposal to allow time to consider comments, in 
addition, we will neither approve or disapprove the school attendance 
component for at least 30 days following the date of this notice. 
Direct comments as indicated below.

ADDRESSES: For specific information or questions on the content of this 
project contact the State contact listed in II.
    Comments on a proposal or requests for copies of a proposal should 
be addressed to: Howard Rolston, Administration for Children and 
Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Aerospace Building, 7th Floor 
West, Washington DC 20447. Fax: [phone] Phone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (the Act), the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may approve research and 
demonstration project proposals with a broad range of policy 
objectives.
    In exercising her discretionary authority, the Secretary has 
developed a number of policies and procedures for reviewing proposals. 
On September 27, 1994, we published a notice in the Federal Register 
(59 FR 49249) that specified (1) the principles that we ordinarily will 
consider when approving or disapproving demonstration projects under 
the authority in section 1115(a) of the Act; (2) the procedures we 
expect States to use in involving the public in the development of 
proposed demonstration projects under section 1115; and (3) the 
procedures we ordinarily will follow in reviewing demonstration 
proposals. We are committed to a thorough and expeditious review of 
State requests to conduct such demonstrations.

II. Pending Proposal Received From Florida

    Project Title: Florida--Family Transition Program (Amendments).
    Description: Would expand the Family Transition Program 
demonstration, currently operating in two counties, to six additional 
counties. The demonstration limits, with some exceptions, AFDC benefits 
to 24 months in any 60-month period followed by participation in 
transitional employment. For families subject to the time limit, it 
replaces current $90 and $30 and one-third disregards with a single, 
non-time-limited disregard of $200 plus one-half of the remainder; 

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disregards income of a stepparent whose needs are not included in the 
assistance unit for the first 6-months of receipt of public assistance; 
excludes summer earnings of teens and interest income; lowers age of 
child for JOBS exemption to 6-months; raises asset limit to $5,000 plus 
a vehicle of reasonable worth used primarily for self-sufficiency 
purposes; extends transitional Medicaid and child care benefits; 
eliminates 100-hour and required quarters of work rules, and (on a 
case-by-case basis) the 6-month time limit requirements in the AFDC-UP 
program; requires school conferences and regular school attendance; 
offers incentive payments to private employers who hire hard-to-place 
AFDC recipients; and allows non-custodial parents of AFDC children to 
participate in JOBS. Statewide, the demonstration requires 
immunizations of pre-school-age children.
    Dated Received: 8/2/95.
    Type: Combined AFDC/Medicaid.
    Current Status: New.
    Contact Person: Don Winstead, [phone].

III. Requests for Copies of a Proposal

    Requests for copies of this proposal should be directed to the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the address listed 
above. Questions concerning the content of the proposal should be 
directed to the State contact listed for the proposal.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program, No. 93562; 
Assistance Payments--Research).

    Dated: August 11, 1995.
Howard Rolston,
Director, Office of Policy and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 95-20293 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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