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OGC-98-73 1 (1998-09-11)

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GAO            United States
               General Accounting Office
               Washington, D.C. 20548

               Office of the General Counsel


               B-280888


               September 11, 1998

               The Honorable William V. Roth
               Chairman
               The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Finance
               United States Senate

               The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
               Chairman
               The Honorable John D. Dingell
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Commerce
               House of Representatives

               The Honorable Bill Archer
               Chairman
               The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Ways and Means
               House of Representatives

               Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children
                         and Families and Health Care Financing Administration: Medicaid and
                         Title IV-E Programs; Revision to the Definition of an Unemployed Parent

               Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on
               a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
               Administration for Children and Families and Health Care Financing Administration,
               entitled Medicaid and Title IV-E Programs; Revision to the Definition of an
               Unemployed Parent (RIN: 0938-AH79). We received the rule on August 27, 1998. It
               was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on August 7, 1998. 63 Fed.
               Reg. 42270.

               The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
               eliminated the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program and replaced it
               with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Many states are using


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