Bill Text: IL HB3372 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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 determined 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 and the Department 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. Contains provisions concerning: SNAP Employment and Training program requirements; protocols to identify and verify all potential exemptions to an eligibility rule described in a specified federal regulation and to identify and verify a student's participation in educational programs; and other matters. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement specified provisions on or before October 1, 2019. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3372 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3372-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3372 Introduced , by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith 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 determined 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 and the Department 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. Contains provisions concerning: SNAP Employment and Training program requirements; protocols to identify and verify all potential exemptions to an eligibility rule described in a specified federal regulation and to identify and verify a student's participation in educational programs; and other matters. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement specified provisions on or before October 1, 2019. Effective immediately.
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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)(1) 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 determined 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.
(2) Illinois institutions of higher education that
participate in the Monetary Award Program shall provide the
notice described in paragraph (1) 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.
(3) ISAC shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the
provisions of this subsection (a) on or before October 1, 2019.
(b) For the purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7
of the Code of Federal Regulations, an educational program
offered at a community college 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.
(c) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with
representatives of the Illinois Community College Board, ISAC,
the Illinois Workforce Investment Board, and advocates for
students and SNAP recipients, shall establish a protocol to
identify and verify all potential exemptions to the eligibility

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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.
(d) If the United States Department of Agriculture requires
federal approval of the exemption designation established
under subsection (b) and the protocol established under
subsection (c), the Department of Human Services shall seek and
obtain that approval before publishing the guidance or
regulation required by subsection (f).
(e)(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 under 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.
(f) The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of subsections (b), (c),
(d), and (e) on or before October 1, 2019.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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