TAFDC Reform 4

SECTION 55.   Said section 110 of said chapter 5 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (d), as appearing in section 124 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016, and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(d) An earnings disregard of earned income shall be provided to both exempt and nonexempt families, such that a recipient shall be eligible to have 100 per cent of the remaining gross earned income, before dependent care deductions, disregarded for 6 consecutive months immediately following the start of initial employment or the date on which the recipient began receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children, whichever is later; provided, however, that total income shall not exceed 200 per cent of the federal poverty level for the household size. Such recipient shall also be eligible to have 50 per cent of the remaining gross income, after work-related expenses but before dependent care deductions, disregarded following the initial 6-month period of earnings disregard.