Bill Text: IA HSB65 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to food assistance program eligibility requirements.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - 2:30PM; House Lounge Human Resources. [HSB65 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB65-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
65
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MILLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
food
assistance
program
eligibility
1
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DIRECTIVES
TO
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
1
——
FEDERAL
SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
(SNAP)
2
ELIGIBILITY.
3
1.
Beginning
July
1,
2015,
the
department
of
human
services
4
shall
eliminate
categorical
eligibility
for
the
federal
5
supplemental
nutrition
assistance
program.
6
2.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
instead
implement
7
income
eligibility
for
the
program
at
130
percent
of
the
8
federal
poverty
level
and
shall
implement
the
asset
test
for
9
eligibility,
consistent
with
SNAP
requirements.
The
department
10
shall
include
as
many
food
assistance
households
as
is
allowed
11
by
federal
law.
The
eligibility
provisions
shall
conform
to
12
all
federal
requirements
including
requirements
addressing
13
individuals
who
are
incarcerated
or
otherwise
ineligible.
14
3.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
request
federal
15
approval
of
any
state
plan
amendment
necessary
to
implement
the
16
SNAP
provisions
under
the
provisions
of
this
Act.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
food
assistance
program
eligibility
21
requirements.
22
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
23
to
eliminate
categorical
eligibility
for
the
food
assistance
24
program
and
to
instead
implement
income
eligibility
for
25
the
program
at
130
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
26
and
an
asset
test
for
eligibility,
consistent
with
federal
27
supplemental
nutrition
assistance
program
(SNAP)
requirements.
28
The
bill
requires
DHS
to
request
federal
approval
of
any
29
state
plan
amendment
necessary
to
implement
the
SNAP
provisions
30
under
the
bill.
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