Bill Text: IL HB4785 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in no case shall the resource limit standards of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program exceed the standards specified in a provision of the United States Code, unless expressly required by federal law. Provides that in no case shall categorical eligibility exempting households from these resource limits be granted for any non-cash, in-kind or other benefit, unless expressly required by federal law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4785 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4785-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4785 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.51 new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in no case shall the resource limit standards of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program exceed the standards specified in a provision of the United States Code, unless expressly required by federal law. Provides that in no case shall categorical eligibility exempting households from these resource limits be granted for any non-cash, in-kind or other benefit, unless expressly required by federal law.
LRB100 19687 KTG 34961 b
A BILL FOR
HB4785 LRB100 19687 KTG 34961 b
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 12-4.51 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.51 new)
Sec. 12-4.51. SNAP; federal asset limits. In no case shall
the resource limit standards of the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program exceed the standards specified in 7 U.S.C.
2014(g)(1), unless expressly required by federal law. In no
case shall categorical eligibility exempting households from
these resource limits be granted for any non-cash, in-kind or
other benefit, unless expressly required by federal law.