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House approves workforce-services bill allowing limited data sharing and extending TANF education eligibility
Summary
The House passed HB65 on Feb. 20, 2015. Sponsor Representative Edwards said the bill allows limited sharing of DWS audit information with the state's wage-and-hour division to identify employers who misclassify workers and removes a 24-month limit on certain TANF education benefits to conform with a 36-month federal standard; the bill passed 65–3.
Representative Janice Edwards, sponsor of House Bill 65, told the House on Feb. 20 that the bill makes two principal changes: limited data sharing by the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) to the state wage-and-hour division to identify employers who misclassify workers, and removal of a 24‑month limit on education-related supports in the TANF family employment program to align state law with a 36‑month federal standard.
Edwards described the data-sharing provision as narrowly tailored: only…
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