HB 1808 — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for workfare program.

PRINTER'S NO.   2223

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1808
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY BURNS, GUZMAN, KUZMA AND HADDOCK, AUGUST 15, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, AUGUST 19, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
 2      act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
 3      welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
 4      further providing for workfare program.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Section 405.2 of the act of June 13, 1967
 8   (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended by
 9   adding a subsection to read:
10      Section 405.2.     Workfare Program.--
11      * * *
12      (a.1)   Within six months of the effective date of this
13   subsection, the department shall establish a workfare pilot
14   program in counties of the fourth and fifth class in accordance
15   with the following:
16      (1)   An individual receiving cash assistance under Temporary
17   Assistance for Needy Families may receive benefits while working
18   for an employer for a forty-hour work week and receiving pay
19   equivalent to twenty hours of work.
 1      (2)   After the individual has worked for the employer for six
 2   months, the individual may continue to receive up to seventy
 3   percent of their cash assistance and shall be paid for thirty
 4   hours for working a forty-hour work week.
 5      (3)   After the individual has worked for the employer for
 6   twelve months, the individual shall be paid for a full forty
 7   hours of work for working a forty-hour work week, and the
 8   department shall terminate the cash assistance payments to the
 9   individual.
10      (4)   The applicable provisions of this section shall apply to
11   the workfare pilot program.
12      * * *
13      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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