AB 1044

This bill requires the Department of Health Services, in consultation with the

Department of Children and Families and the Department of Administration to

create an advisory commiteee to review proposed legislation and proposed requests

for approval from the federal government of changes to public assistance programs

and to review performance data outcomes and costs of changes to public assistance

programs after federal approval of changes to those programs. The bill specifies

participants DHS must appoint to the advisory committee. The bill also requires

that a state agency that administers a public assistance program to hold a public

comment period before developing language for a proposal to waive federal law and

to conduct no fewer than three public hearings on the proposed waiver before

submitting to the federal government. The agency may not submit the request on

the proposed waiver without prior approval of the proposed waiver request by the

Joint Committee on Finance.