Bill Text: IL SB1641 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1641 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to identify and flag college students who are potentially eligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Provides that the factors to be used to determine potential SNAP eligibility shall be prescribed by ISAC in consultation with the Department of Human Services, but at a minimum shall include income information reported on a college student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Requires ISAC, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, to develop a notice that ISAC shall make available electronically to institutions of higher education that includes, at a minimum, college student SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits Eligibility's website address, and the Illinois Hunger Coalition's Hunger Hotline. Requires Illinois institutions of higher education that participate in the Monetary Award Program to provide the notice in writing to all students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment and are identified by ISAC as potentially SNAP eligible. Requires ISAC to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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. College student eligibility for
supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.
(a) To complement student financial assistance programs
and to enhance their effectiveness by more fully addressing the
costs of attendance for students with financial needs, the
Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) shall identify
and flag college students who are potentially eligible to
receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
benefits. The factors to be used to determine potential SNAP
eligibility shall be prescribed by ISAC in consultation with
the Department of Human Services, but at a minimum shall
include income information reported on a college student's Free
Application for Federal Student Aid. ISAC, in consultation with
the Department of Human Services, shall develop a notice that
ISAC shall make available electronically to institutions of
higher education that includes, at a minimum, college student
SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits

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Eligibility's website address, and the Illinois Hunger
Coalition's Hunger Hotline.
(b) Illinois institutions of higher education that
participate in the Monetary Award Program shall provide the
notice described in subsection (a) in writing to all students
who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment and are identified
by ISAC as potentially SNAP eligible and, if possible, 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, 2019.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.