Bill Amendment: IL HB3211 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SNAP BENEFITS-COLLEGE STUDENTS
Status: 2017-10-27 - Bill Dead - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto [HB3211 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3211-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SNAP BENEFITS-COLLEGE STUDENTS
Status: 2017-10-27 - Bill Dead - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto [HB3211 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3211-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3211
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3211 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 12-4.13b as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.13b new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 12-4.13b. College student eligibility for | ||||||
8 | supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. | ||||||
9 | (a)(1) To complement student financial assistance programs | ||||||
10 | and to enhance their effectiveness by more fully addressing the | ||||||
11 | costs of attendance for students with financial needs, the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) shall identify | ||||||
13 | and flag college students who are potentially eligible to | ||||||
14 | receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | ||||||
15 | benefits. The factors to be used to determine potential SNAP | ||||||
16 | eligibility shall be determined in consultation with the |
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1 | Department of Human Services, but at a minimum shall include | ||||||
2 | income information reported on a college student's Free | ||||||
3 | Application for Federal Student Aid. ISAC, in consultation with | ||||||
4 | the Department of Human Services, shall develop a notice that | ||||||
5 | ISAC shall make available electronically to institutions of | ||||||
6 | higher education that includes, at a minimum, college student | ||||||
7 | SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits | ||||||
8 | Eligibility's website address, and the Illinois Hunger | ||||||
9 | Coalition's Hunger Hotline. | ||||||
10 | (2) Illinois institutions of higher education that | ||||||
11 | participate in the Monetary Award Program shall provide the | ||||||
12 | notice described in paragraph (1) in writing to all students | ||||||
13 | who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment and are identified | ||||||
14 | by ISAC as potentially SNAP eligible and, if possible, may | ||||||
15 | designate a public benefits liaison or single point person to | ||||||
16 | assist students in taking the necessary steps to obtain public | ||||||
17 | benefits if eligible. | ||||||
18 | (3) ISAC shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the | ||||||
19 | provisions of this subsection (a) on or before October 1, 2017. | ||||||
20 | (b) For the purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7 | ||||||
21 | of the Code of Federal Regulations, an educational program | ||||||
22 | offered at a community college under the Carl D. Perkins Career | ||||||
23 | and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law | ||||||
24 | 109-270) that could be a component of a SNAP Employment and | ||||||
25 | Training (E&T) program, as identified by the Department of | ||||||
26 | Human Services, shall be considered an employment and training |
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1 | program under Section 273.7 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal | ||||||
2 | Regulations, unless prohibited by federal law. | ||||||
3 | (c) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with | ||||||
4 | representatives of the Illinois Community College Board, ISAC, | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Workforce Investment Board, and advocates for | ||||||
6 | students and SNAP recipients, shall establish a protocol to | ||||||
7 | identify and verify all potential exemptions to the eligibility | ||||||
8 | rule described in Section 273.5(a) of Title 7 of the Code of | ||||||
9 | Federal Regulations, and to identify and verify a student's | ||||||
10 | participation in educational programs, including, but not | ||||||
11 | limited to, self-initiated placements, that would exempt a | ||||||
12 | student from the eligibility rule described in Section 273.5(a) | ||||||
13 | of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. To the extent | ||||||
14 | possible, this consultation shall take place through existing | ||||||
15 | workgroups convened by the Department of Human Services. | ||||||
16 | (d) If the United States Department of Agriculture requires | ||||||
17 | federal approval of the exemption designation established | ||||||
18 | pursuant to subsection (b) and the protocol established | ||||||
19 | pursuant to subsection (c), the Department of Human Services | ||||||
20 | shall seek and obtain that approval before publishing the | ||||||
21 | guidance or regulation required by subsection (f). | ||||||
22 | (e)(1) This Section does not require the Department of | ||||||
23 | Human Services to offer a particular component, support | ||||||
24 | services, or workers' compensation to a college student found | ||||||
25 | eligible for an exemption pursuant to this Section. | ||||||
26 | (2) This Section does not restrict or require the use of |
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1 | federal funds for the financing of SNAP E&T programs. | ||||||
2 | (3) This Section does not require an institution of higher | ||||||
3 | education to verify eligibility for SNAP. | ||||||
4 | (f) The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules | ||||||
5 | necessary to implement the provisions of subsections (b), (c), | ||||||
6 | (d), and (e) on or before October 1, 2017.
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.".
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