AJR109,1,104 Whereas, programs administered by the department of health services or the
5department of children and families under which the department of health services
6or the department of children and families provides services, benefits, or other
7assistance to individuals or families have eligibility parameters that may currently
8create a disincentive for participants to accept certain wage increases or job
9promotions due to the potential loss of benefits without sufficient income to replace
10these benefits; and

AJR109,2,211 Whereas, there exists under the current structure of public benefits a "fiscal
12cliff" in which, for example, an employee might turn down a job promotion with a
13small hourly pay increase because the small pay increase might cause the employee's
14income to be outside the income eligibility thresholds such that the employee could

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1lose all childcare subsidies or other public benefits at once and, as a result, be
2economically worse off; and

AJR109,2,53 Whereas, the department of health services and the department of children and
4families have limited flexibility under current program structures to alleviate or
5mitigate the effects of this fiscal cliff; and

AJR109,2,126 Whereas, the federal government could approve waiver requests from the
7department of health services and the department of children and families
8authorizing these agencies to create a sliding scale that mitigates the effects of the
9existing fiscal cliff by taking into account a person's income and other factors
10regarding a person's eligibility for public benefit programs and establishing
11appropriate levels of contributions and benefits for participants based on those
12factors; now, therefore, be it