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victims' compensation program of the department of labor and 1 industries. 2 (((5)(a))) (4) The department shall add to adopted rules related 3 to temporary assistance for needy families time limit extensions, the 4 following criteria by which the department shall exempt a recipient 5 and the recipient's family from the application of subsection (1) of 6 this section: 7 (((i))) (a) By reason of hardship, including when: 8 (((A))) (i) The recipient's family includes a child or youth who 9 is without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as 10 described in the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act 11 (Title 42 U.S.C., chapter 119, subchapter VI, part B) as it existed 12 on January 1, 2020; 13 (((B))) (ii) The recipient received temporary assistance for 14 needy families during a month on or after March 1, 2020, when 15 Washington state's unemployment rate as published by the Washington 16 employment security department was equal to or greater than seven 17 percent, and the recipient is otherwise eligible for temporary 18 assistance for needy families except that they have exceeded 60 19 months. The extension provided for under this subsection (((5))) (4) 20 (a)(((i)(B))) (ii) is equal to the number of months that the 21 recipient received temporary assistance for needy families during a 22 month on or after March 1, 2020, when the unemployment rate was equal 23 to or greater than seven percent, and is applied sequentially to any 24 other hardship extensions that may apply under this subsection 25 (((5))) (4) or in rule; or 26 (((C))) (iii) Beginning July 1, 2022, the Washington state 27 unemployment rate most recently published by the Washington 28 employment security department is equal to or greater than seven 29 percent; or 30 (((ii))) (b) If the family includes an individual who meets the 31 family violence options of section 402(A)(7) of Title IVA of the 32 federal social security act as amended by P.L. 104-193. 33 (((b) Policies related to circumstances under which a recipient 34 will be exempted from the application of subsection (1) or (3) of 35 this section shall treat adults receiving benefits on their own 36 behalf, and parents receiving benefits on behalf of their child 37 similarly, unless required otherwise under federal law. 38 (6))) (5) The department shall not exempt a recipient and his or 39 her family from the application of subsection (1) ((or (3))) of this 40 p. 6 2SHB 1447.SL