Update: This story has been updated to reflect responses from Governor Billley’s office.

Gov. Bill Lee’s administration is pushing for laws that remove school attendance and vaccine mandate for families receiving state financial aid payments.

The necessary vaccinations that we met with opponents in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic are considered to be the driving force behind the bill.

Former President Joe Biden, who took office in January 2021 after the Covid vaccine became available in December 2020, will be fully vaccinated by federal employees and contractors by December 2021. We have issued an executive order requesting that we receive it. Even when protesters opposed his Covid-19 policies.

This is because Congress is on the verge of approving vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the US Health and Human Services Agency.

House Bill 107sponsored by House Majority Leader William Lambers of Portland, to remove the old “personal responsibility” rules for temporary support for poor families dealing with education and vaccinations, and to help children. It must be received to attend school and includes child support, labor requirements and transportation measures.

Trump is leading the Department of Health and Human Services by tapping vaccine skeptical RFK Jr.

Known as Family in Tennessee, the federal program offers block grants to states that help boost poor families with children towards self-sufficiency. Tennessee receives approximately $190 million a year for the program.

State lawmakers put new rules into the program more than a decade ago. However, the measures ensure that children attend school, receive vaccinations and health checks, parents attend meetings with teachers, take 8-hour parenting classes, and participate in child support services. Eliminate the requirements to help.

Lamberth introduced a House Republican Caucus spokesman to questions about the bill on Tuesday. The observation deck did not receive a response before the deadline.

Lee spokesman Elizabeth Johnson said the bill would “rationalize” the program by eliminating state eligibility requirements that could be deemed a “burden” and lead to ineligible assistance or penalties. It was designed to be.

“The law reduces the burden on our clients and staff as (temporary support for poor families) continues to serve the state’s most vulnerable families,” Johnson said.

Daniel Cotton, a spokesman for the Department of Human Services, said Tuesday that the proposed “personal liability plan” was designed to match federal requirements.

Under current law, if these education and vaccination guidelines are not compliant, families could reduce TANF payments by 20%. The 23 states include vaccinations as part of their requirements for financial assistance, with only five people requiring a medical check to qualify.

The maximum amount that a family of three can receive from the program is $387 per month, 18% of federal poverty levels.

Democrat Rep. Sam McKenzie said Tuesday that he believes the current rules are designed to hold parents accountable by sending their children to school and ensuring they have the necessary shots. .

“These are valuable things that ensure that these federal dollars go to parents who engage in their children’s lives,” Mackenzie said. “And to see the list of that cuts, it’s a poor law for me, and that would lead to bad parenting.”

The new bill does not include a requirement for accountability to parents and will not be fined for failing to meet the “personal liability” guidelines, Mackenzie said. He predicted “erosion” of what he considers an effective program.

Lawmakers have been trying to increase the program’s financial distribution since revelation years ago that the state had a $730 million surplus in the TANF fund.

That amount peaked at $798.3 million in 2021, but last year it was $717 million.