Correct AK SNAP ABAWD HR1 date for good-faith exemption

changelog.d/hi-ak-snap-abawd-hr1.fixed.md

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+Model Alaska's SNAP ABAWD good-faith-effort exemption (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7)) as a separate window overlay: Alaska adopts HR1 statewide from 2025-11-01 (keeping the new Alaska Native/Indian exception in effect), and during 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31 temporarily retains only the approved pre-HR1 exceptions (ages 56-64, households with children aged 14-17, veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and former foster youth aged 18-24) on top of the post-HR1 exception set, rather than deferring the statewide HR1 toggle.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/snap/work_requirements/abawd/good_faith_exemption/in_effect.yaml

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+# FNS approved Alaska's good-faith-effort exemption under
+# 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) effective 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31. During this
+# window Alaska is approved to temporarily retain a specified set of
+# pre-HR1 ABAWD exceptions (see the good_faith_exemption parameters and
+# meets_snap_abawd_work_requirements) on top of the post-HR1 exception set,
+# while HR1's new Alaska Native/Indian exception remains in effect. This
+# toggle is TRUE only during that window; the geographic area waiver for
+# the 29 non-Anchorage boroughs is carried separately by waived_counties.
+description: Alaska temporarily retains the approved pre-HR1 Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents exceptions under its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program good-faith-effort exemption when this is true.
+
+values:
+  0000-01-01: false
+  2025-11-01: true
+  2026-11-01: false
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: Alaska SNAP ABAWD good-faith exemption window in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: Alaska Department of Health, H.R. 1 - AK Impacts
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/en/education/hr-1-ak-impacts/
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) - Good faith exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii
+      href: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2015&num=0&edition=prelim
+    - title: USDA FNS, SNAP - OBBB ABAWD Exceptions Implementation
+      href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/obbb-abawd-exemptions-implementation

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/snap/work_requirements/abawd/hr1_in_effect.yaml

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 # P.L. 119-21 grants Alaska preferential waiver authority (150% of the
 # national average unemployment threshold and good-faith exemptions)
-# per 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)(A)(ii) and 2015(o)(7). Alaska implemented the
-# HR1 ABAWD work requirement changes effective 2025-11-01, alongside a
-# good-faith exemption waiver covering all census areas and boroughs
-# except the Municipality of Anchorage. Borough-level high-unemployment
-# waivers are not modeled here.
+# per 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)(A)(ii) and 2015(o)(7). Alaska adopts the HR1
+# ABAWD rules statewide from 2025-11-01 (its delayed-adoption date, the
+# same as Hawaii), so the new Alaska Native/Indian exception is in effect
+# from that date everywhere in Alaska, including the Municipality of
+# Anchorage. Two Alaska-specific overlays are modeled SEPARATELY rather
+# than by deferring this statewide toggle:
+#   1. The geographic good-faith area waiver (29 boroughs/census areas
+#      outside Anchorage waived through 2026-10-31, Anchorage excluded,
+#      cleared 2026-11-01) is carried by the abawd waived_counties
+#      parameter.
+#   2. The temporary retained pre-HR1 exceptions Alaska was approved to
+#      keep during the good-faith window (2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31)
+#      are carried by the good_faith_exemption parameters and applied on
+#      top of the post-HR1 exception set.
+# Keeping this toggle at 2025-11-01 (rather than deferring it to
+# 2026-11-01) preserves HR1's new Alaska Native/Indian exception and adds
+# only the approved temporary categories during the window, instead of
+# restoring the entire pre-HR1 exception set statewide. Under
+# 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7)(D)(i) (as amended by HR1) a good-faith exemption,
+# once granted, may be renewed but expires no later than 2028-12-31.
+# Borough-level high-unemployment waivers are not modeled here.
 description: Alaska implements the HR1 changes to Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when this is true.
 
 values:
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   reference:
     - title: Alaska Department of Health, H.R. 1 - AK Impacts
       href: https://health.alaska.gov/en/education/hr-1-ak-impacts/
-    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(a) - Modifications to SNAP ABAWD Requirements
-      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.pdf#page=81
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) - Good faith exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii
+      href: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2015&num=0&edition=prelim
+    - title: Public Law 119-21, Section 10102(c) - Exemption for noncontiguous States
+      href: https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr1/BILLS-119hr1enr.pdf#page=12
     - title: USDA FNS SNAP Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, ABAWD Waivers Implementation Memorandum (October 3, 2025)
       href: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/obbb-ABAWD-Waivers-Implementation-Memo

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/work_requirements/abawd/good_faith_exemption/retained_age_minimum.yaml

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+# During an approved good-faith-effort exemption window under
+# 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7), a noncontiguous State may temporarily retain a
+# pre-HR1 age exception for older adults on top of the post-HR1 exception
+# set. Per Alaska's FNS approval (the only currently approved good-faith
+# window, effective 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31), the retained age band
+# is 56 through 64: individuals at or above this minimum age keep the
+# exemption during the window. The upper bound (64) is not encoded here
+# because ages 65 and older are already exempt under the post-HR1 age
+# threshold, so a single lower bound reproduces the 56-64 band exactly.
+# Note this floor (56) is deliberately NOT the pre-HR1 general ABAWD age
+# threshold (55): Alaska's approval retained 56-64, not the full pre-HR1
+# 55-and-older exemption.
+description: During a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program good-faith-effort exemption window, Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents at or above this age retain the temporary pre-HR1 age exemption.
+
+values:
+  2025-11-01: 56
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: SNAP ABAWD good-faith exemption retained minimum age
+  reference:
+    - title: Alaska Department of Health, H.R. 1 - AK Impacts
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/en/education/hr-1-ak-impacts/
+    - title: 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) - Good faith exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii
+      href: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2015&num=0&edition=prelim

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Federal HR1 effective date: 2025-07-04
 # CA delays to 2026-06-01 per ACL 25-93
-# HI and AK delay to 2025-11-01
+# HI delays to 2025-11-01
+# AK delays to 2025-11-01 (same as HI). HR1 is then in effect statewide,
+# including Anchorage, so the new Alaska Native/Indian exception applies.
+# Alaska's 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) good-faith window (the temporary retained
+# pre-HR1 exceptions, 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31) is tracked separately
+# by is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window, not by this toggle.
 
 - name: Case 1, non-CA after federal effective date.
   period: 2026-01
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: false
 
-- name: Case 9, AK not in effect between federal and state adoption dates.
+- name: Case 9, AK not in effect between federal effective date and exemption window.
   period: 2025-08
   input:
     state_code:
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
 
-- name: Case 11, AK in effect at state adoption date.
+- name: Case 11, AK in effect at its 2025-11-01 adoption date (window tracked separately).
   period: 2025-11
   input:
     state_code:
@@ -93,9 +98,39 @@
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
 
-- name: Case 13, AK in effect in 2026 steady state.
+- name: Case 13, AK in effect during the good-faith exemption window.
   period: 2026-01
   input:
     state_code: AK
   output:
     is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+
+- name: Case 14, AK still in effect after the good-faith exemption window closes.
+  period: 2026-11
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+
+- name: Case 15, AK in effect in 2027 steady state.
+  period: 2027-01
+  input:
+    state_code: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true
+
+# AK adopts HR1 at 2025-11-01, so hr1_in_effect is true for every month from
+# then on, including the good-faith window. The window itself (the retained
+# pre-HR1 exceptions) is a separate variable; see
+# is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window.yaml for its 2026-10 -> 2026-11
+# boundary. state_code is a YEAR variable read via period.this_year, so
+# non-January month periods require year-keyed inputs (2026: AK) to avoid a
+# period-parsing error in policyengine-core input storage.
+- name: Case 16, AK in effect in the last month of the good-faith window.
+  period: 2026-10
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_hr1_in_effect: true

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/eligibility/work_requirements/is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window.yaml

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+# Alaska's 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(7) good-faith-effort exemption window runs
+# 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-31. Only Alaska currently has an approved
+# window; every other state resolves to false. state_code is a YEAR
+# variable read via period.this_year, so non-January month periods take
+# year-keyed inputs (2026: AK) to avoid a period-parsing error.
+
+- name: Case 1, AK before the window opens.
+  period: 2025-10
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2025: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: false
+
+- name: Case 2, AK at the window start date.
+  period: 2025-11
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2025: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: true
+
+- name: Case 3, AK during the window.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    state_code: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: true
+
+- name: Case 4, AK in the last month of the window.
+  period: 2026-10
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: true
+
+- name: Case 5, AK after the window closes.
+  period: 2026-11
+  input:
+    state_code:
+      2026: AK
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: false
+
+- name: Case 6, a contiguous state is never in a good-faith window.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    state_code: TX
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: false
+
+- name: Case 7, Hawaii has no approved good-faith window.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    state_code: HI
+  output:
+    is_snap_abawd_in_good_faith_exemption_window: false