By JAKE ZUCKERMAN
Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A state Senate committee sent a bill to the floor Thursday that would impose work requirements on certain able-bodied adults without dependents in order to qualify for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which includes food stamp benefits.
However, the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee also passed an amendment from Sen. Corey Palumbo, D-Kanawha, that rescinds a 2021 deadline for statewide implementation of the bill (HB 4001).
Federal law imposes the work requirements nationwide, though it allows states to ask for waivers for counties if the counties’ 12-month average unemployment rate is above 10 percent, or their 24-month average unemployment rate is 20 percent above the national average.
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