Bill Text: IL SB1641 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, but with the following changes and additions: Provides that the Department of Human Services shall consult with the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board (rather than with the Illinois Workforce Investment Board) to establish a protocol to identify and verify all potential exemptions to certain federal eligibility rules under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Provides that a career and technical educational program approved by the Illinois Community College Board that could be a component of a SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program, as identified by the Department of Human Services, shall be considered an employment and training program under a specified provision of the Code of Federal Regulations, unless prohibited by federal law. In provisions requiring the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to adopt rules concerning SNAP eligibility notifications to college students, requires ISAC to adopt the rules on or before October 1, 2020 (rather than on or before October 1, 2019). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-4)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0560 [SB1641 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1641-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 101-0560 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||
changing Section 12-4.13b and adding Section 12-4.13c as | ||||
follows:
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(305 ILCS 5/12-4.13b) | ||||
Sec. 12-4.13b. College student eligibility for | ||||
supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. | ||||
(a) For the purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7 | ||||
of the Code of Federal Regulations, a career and technical an | ||||
educational program offered at a community college and approved | ||||
by the Illinois Community College Board under the Carl D. | ||||
Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 | ||||
(Public Law 109-270) that could be a component of a SNAP | ||||
Employment and Training (E&T) program, as identified by the | ||||
Department of Human Services, shall be considered an employment | ||||
and training program under Section 273.7 of Title 7 of the Code | ||||
of Federal Regulations, unless prohibited by federal law. | ||||
(b) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with | ||||
representatives of the Illinois Community College Board, the | ||||
Illinois Student Assistance Commission ISAC , the Illinois | ||||
Workforce Innovation Board Investment Board , and advocates for |
students and SNAP recipients, shall establish a protocol to | ||
identify and verify all potential exemptions to the eligibility | ||
rule described in Section 273.5(a) of Title 7 of the Code of | ||
Federal Regulations, and to identify and verify a student's | ||
participation in educational programs, including, but not | ||
limited to, self-initiated placements, that would exempt a | ||
student from the eligibility rule described in Section 273.5(a) | ||
of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. To the extent | ||
possible, this consultation shall take place through existing | ||
workgroups convened by the Department of Human Services. | ||
(c) If the United States Department of Agriculture requires | ||
federal approval of the exemption designation established | ||
pursuant to subsection (a) and the protocol established | ||
pursuant to subsection (b), the Department of Human Services | ||
shall seek and obtain that approval before publishing the | ||
guidance or regulation required by subsection (e). | ||
(d)(1) This Section does not require the Department of | ||
Human Services to offer a particular component, support | ||
services, or workers' compensation to a college student found | ||
eligible for an exemption pursuant to this Section. | ||
(2) This Section does not restrict or require the use of | ||
federal funds for the financing of SNAP E&T programs. | ||
(3) This Section does not require an institution of higher | ||
education to verify eligibility for SNAP. | ||
(e) The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules | ||
necessary to implement the provisions of subsections (a), (b), |
(c), and (d).
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(Source: P.A. 100-620, eff. 7-20-18.)
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(305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new) | ||
Sec. 12-4.13c. SNAP eligibility notification; college | ||
students. | ||
(a) To complement student financial assistance programs | ||
and to enhance their effectiveness for students with financial | ||
need, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) shall | ||
annually include information about the Supplemental Nutrition | ||
Assistance Program (SNAP) in the language that schools are | ||
required to provide to students eligible for the Monetary Award | ||
Program grant. The language shall, at a minimum, direct | ||
students to information about college student eligibility | ||
criteria for SNAP, and it shall direct students to the | ||
Department of Human Services and to the Illinois Hunger | ||
Coalition's Hunger Hotline for additional information. | ||
(b) Illinois institutions of higher education that | ||
participate in the Monetary Award Program (MAP) shall provide | ||
the notice described in subsection (a) to all students who are | ||
enrolled, or who are accepted for enrollment and intending to | ||
enroll, and who have been identified by ISAC as MAP-eligible at | ||
the institution. If possible, the institution may designate a | ||
public benefits liaison or single point person to assist | ||
students in taking the necessary steps to obtain public | ||
benefits if eligible. |
(c) ISAC shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the | ||
provisions of this Section on or before October 1, 2020.
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