ESHB 1260 — Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity.

What this bill does

Eliminates the requirement for Aged, Blind, or Disabled (ABD) program recipients to repay the state for benefits received while waiting to be approved for federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or during the same period as such federal benefits were received. Makes participation in vocational rehabilitation services for persons receiving ABD or Pregnant Women Assistance (PWA) benefits voluntary, rather than required when assessed as beneficial. Places income eligibility standards for the Essential Needs and Housing (HEN) program within rule, rather than statute, and modifies eligibility criteria for the ABD and PWA programs to require that a person is ineligible for specific programs, rather than most federal assistance programs in general. Provides that the list of good cause reasons for failing to participate in substance use disorder treatment as a condition of eligibility for ABD, PWA, or HEN program benefits is a nonexhaustive list.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  92 yea · 4 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 18, 2023
  93 yea · 4 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 11, 2023
  44 yea · 5 nay

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