Bill Text: IL HB5626 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Secretary of Human Services shall seek a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture to allow the State to specify certain foods that may and may not be purchased in Illinois with the benefits funded by the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp program), including a general ban on the use of SNAP benefits to purchase foods of minimal nutritional value such as carbonated soft drinks, snack cakes, candies, chewing gum, flavored ice bars, and fried, high-fat chips.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5626 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5626-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5626 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Cavaletto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/12-4.4a new
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Secretary of Human Services shall seek a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture to allow the State to specify certain foods that may and may not be purchased in Illinois with the benefits funded by the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamps program), including a general ban on the use of SNAP benefits to purchase foods of minimal nutritional value such as carbonated soft drinks, snack cakes, candies, chewing gum, flavored ice bars, and fried, high-fat chips.
LRB098 17041 DRJ 52125 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5626 LRB098 17041 DRJ 52125 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 12-4.4a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.4a new)
Sec. 12-4.4a. SNAP program; waiver to determine food that
may be purchased in Illinois. The Secretary of Human Services
shall seek a waiver from the United States Department of
Agriculture to allow the State to specify foods that may and
may not be purchased in Illinois with benefits funded by the
federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP;
formerly known as the Food Stamp program), including a general
ban on the use of SNAP benefits to purchase foods of minimal
nutritional value such as carbonated soft drinks, snack cakes,
candies, chewing gum, flavored ice bars, and fried, high-fat
chips.