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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1 AN ACT concerning public aid.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 
5adding Section 12-4.13c as follows:

6 (305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new)
7 Sec. 12-4.13c. College student eligibility for 
8supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.
9 (a)(1) To complement student financial assistance programs 
10and to enhance their effectiveness by more fully addressing the 
11costs of attendance for students with financial needs, the 
12Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) shall identify 
13and flag college students who are potentially eligible to 
14receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 
15benefits. The factors to be used to determine potential SNAP 
16eligibility shall be determined in consultation with the 
17Department of Human Services, but at a minimum shall include 
18income information reported on a college student's Free 
19Application for Federal Student Aid. ISAC, in consultation with 
20the Department of Human Services, shall develop a notice that 
21ISAC shall make available electronically to institutions of 
22higher education that includes, at a minimum, college student 
23SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits 
 
 
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1Eligibility's website address, and the Illinois Hunger 
2Coalition's Hunger Hotline.
3 (2) Illinois institutions of higher education that 
4participate in the Monetary Award Program shall provide the 
5notice described in paragraph (1) in writing to all students 
6who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment and are identified 
7by ISAC as potentially SNAP eligible and, if possible, may 
8designate a public benefits liaison or single point person to 
9assist students in taking the necessary steps to obtain public 
10benefits if eligible.
11 (3) ISAC shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the 
12provisions of this subsection (a) on or before October 1, 2019. 
13 (b) For the purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7 
14of the Code of Federal Regulations, an educational program 
15offered at a community college under the Carl D. Perkins Career 
16and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law 
17109-270) that could be a component of a SNAP Employment and 
18Training (E&T) program, as identified by the Department of 
19Human Services, shall be considered an employment and training 
20program under Section 273.7 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal 
21Regulations, unless prohibited by federal law.
22 (c) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with 
23representatives of the Illinois Community College Board, ISAC, 
24the Illinois Workforce Investment Board, and advocates for 
25students and SNAP recipients, shall establish a protocol to 
26identify and verify all potential exemptions to the eligibility 
 
 
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1rule described in Section 273.5(a) of Title 7 of the Code of 
2Federal Regulations, and to identify and verify a student's 
3participation in educational programs, including, but not 
4limited to, self-initiated placements, that would exempt a 
5student from the eligibility rule described in Section 273.5(a) 
6of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. To the extent 
7possible, this consultation shall take place through existing 
8workgroups convened by the Department of Human Services.
9 (d) If the United States Department of Agriculture requires 
10federal approval of the exemption designation established 
11under subsection (b) and the protocol established under 
12subsection (c), the Department of Human Services shall seek and 
13obtain that approval before publishing the guidance or 
14regulation required by subsection (f). 
15 (e)(1) This Section does not require the Department of 
16Human Services to offer a particular component, support 
17services, or workers' compensation to a college student found 
18eligible for an exemption under this Section.
19 (2) This Section does not restrict or require the use of 
20federal funds for the financing of SNAP E&T programs.
21 (3) This Section does not require an institution of higher 
22education to verify eligibility for SNAP. 
23 (f) The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules 
24necessary to implement the provisions of subsections (b), (c), 
25(d), and (e) on or before October 1, 2019. 


26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 
 
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