Reading Room Document

Authority to Exempt Programs Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

The Attorney General may not exempt California's prenatal care program under § 401 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 because eligibility for, and the recipient's share of the cost of benefits provided by, that program are conditioned on the recipient's income. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19896/download.

November 25, 1996