House Committee on Welfare Reform

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• Connected billsAN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section., AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families; eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance; removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services for eligibility; extending the lifetime limitation of temporary assistance for needy families to 60 months; providing for hardship extensions to be granted by the secretary for children and families; exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age from work participation activities; eliminating restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies from receiving food assistance; permitting the secretary to grant categorical eligibility standards; eliminating photograph requirements on benefits cards; eliminating requirements for employment and training programs for certain individuals to be eligible for food assistance; eliminating legislative action to be required for expansion of the medical assistance program; amending K.S.A. 39-702 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections., AN ACT concerning public assistance; reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute; updating cross references; amending K.S.A. 39-757 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections. (+1 more)