Bill Text: IL HB3343 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Restaurant Meals Program to permit individuals who are elderly, persons with a disability, and homeless individuals to redeem their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at private establishments that contract with the Department to offer meals for eligible SNAP recipients at concessional prices. Requires the Restaurant Meals Program to be operational no later than January 1, 2020. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0110 [HB3343 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3343-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3343 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Restaurant Meals Program to permit individuals who are elderly, persons with a disability, and homeless individuals to redeem their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at private establishments that contract with the Department to offer meals for eligible SNAP recipients at concessional prices. Requires the Restaurant Meals Program to be operational no later than January 1, 2020. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Section 12-4.13c as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new)
Sec. 12-4.13c. SNAP Restaurant Meals Program.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall establish a
Restaurant Meals Program as part of the federal Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Under the Restaurant
Meals Program, households containing elderly or disabled
members, and their spouses, as defined in 7 U.S.C. 2012(j), or
homeless individuals, as defined in 7 U.S.C. 2012(l), shall
have the option in accordance with 7 U.S.C. 2012(k) to redeem
their SNAP benefits at private establishments that contract
with the Department to offer meals for eligible individuals at
concessional prices subject to 7 U.S.C. 2018(h). The Restaurant
Meals Program shall be operational no later than January 1,
2020.
(b) The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.