Bill Text: IL HB1235 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that every electronic benefits transfer ("LINK") card issued on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act by the Department of Human Services for the purpose of enabling the cardholder to obtain SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps) or cash must include on the card's face a photograph of the cardholder. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department shall replace every still-valid card issued before that date with a card that includes on its face a photograph of the cardholder. Requires the Department to issue a caregiver identification card to the facility provider, guardian, or caregiver of a person entitled to benefits funded under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly known as the federal Food Stamp program). Provides that every caregiver identification card must include on its face a current photo of the facility provider, guardian, or caregiver of the person entitled to benefits, the name of the person entitled to benefits, and a statement that clearly identifies the card holder as having the legal capacity to use the named person's LINK card. Further provides that beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act, a facility provider, guardian, or caregiver must present a valid caregiver identification card when using a LINK card to obtain SNAP benefits or cash on behalf of a person entitled to benefits funded under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1235 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1235-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1235 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.4a new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that every electronic benefits transfer ("LINK") card issued on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act by the Department of Human Services for the purpose of enabling the cardholder to obtain SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps) or cash must include on the card's face a photograph of the cardholder. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department shall replace every still-valid card issued before that date with a card that includes on its face a photograph of the cardholder. Requires the Department to issue a caregiver identification card to the facility provider, guardian, or caregiver of a person entitled to benefits funded under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly known as the federal Food Stamp program). Provides that every caregiver identification card must include on its face a current photo of the facility provider, guardian, or caregiver of the person entitled to benefits, the name of the person entitled to benefits, and a statement that clearly identifies the card holder as having the legal capacity to use the named person's LINK card. Further provides that beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act, a facility provider, guardian, or caregiver must present a valid caregiver identification card when using a LINK card to obtain SNAP benefits or cash on behalf of a person entitled to benefits funded under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 12-4.4a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.4a new)
Sec. 12-4.4a. SNAP benefits; electronic benefits transfer
card.
(a) In this Section:
"Cardholder" means the person to whom or for whose benefit
the Department issues an electronic benefits transfer card for
the purpose of obtaining SNAP benefits or cash.
"Caregiver identification card" means a caregiver photo
identification card issued by the Department of Human Services
for the purpose of enabling a holder of the card to use a LINK
card to obtain SNAP benefits or cash on behalf of a person
entitled to benefits funded under the federal Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
"Caregiver" has the same meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 12-21 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Facility provider" means an individual representing a
facility that provides residential services to persons who are

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developmentally disabled.
"Guardian" has the same meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 10 of the Health Care Surrogate Act.
"LINK card" means an electronic benefits transfer card
issued by the Department for the purpose of enabling the
cardholder to obtain SNAP benefits or cash.
"SNAP" means the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program).
(b) Every LINK card issued on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly must
include on the card's face a photograph of the cardholder.
(c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the Department
shall replace every still-valid LINK card issued before that
date with a card that includes on its face a photograph of the
cardholder.
(d) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 98th General Assembly, the Department of Human Services
shall issue a caregiver identification card to the facility
provider, guardian, or caregiver of a person entitled to
benefits funded under the federal Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly known as the federal Food
Stamp program). Every caregiver identification card must
include on its face a current photo of the facility provider,
guardian, or caregiver of the person entitled to benefits, the
name of the person entitled to benefits, and a statement that

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clearly identifies the card holder as having the legal capacity
to use the named person's LINK card. Beginning on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, a
facility provider, guardian, or caregiver must present a valid
caregiver identification card when using a LINK card to obtain
SNAP benefits or cash on behalf of a person entitled to
benefits funded under the federal Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program.