Bill Text: IA HSB693 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to qualifications for maximum benefit amounts from the state food assistance program.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-17 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0 [HSB693 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB693-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
693
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
qualifications
for
maximum
benefit
amounts
1
from
the
state
food
assistance
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
FOOD
ASSISTANCE
1
——
MAXIMUM
BENEFITS.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
2
amend
its
administrative
rulers
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
3
relating
to
categorical
eligibility
for
food
assistance
4
benefits
to
provide
that
a
qualified
household
that
includes
5
an
individual
under
eighteen
years
of
age,
an
individual
6
sixty-five
years
of
age
or
older,
a
disabled
individual
as
7
defined
by
42
U.S.C.
§1382c,
as
amended,
or
an
individual
8
enrolled
in
an
eligible
institution
as
defined
in
section
9
261.35,
as
at
least
a
half-time
student,
as
that
term
is
10
defined
by
rule
of
the
college
student
aid
commission,
shall
11
qualify
for
the
maximum
benefit
amount
applicable
to
the
12
household’s
size
and
gross
monthly
income
limits
under
7
U.S.C.
13
§2011
et
seq.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
qualifications
for
maximum
benefit
18
amounts
from
the
state
food
assistance
program.
19
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
human
services
20
shall
amend
its
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
21
17A
relating
to
categorical
eligibility
for
food
assistance
22
benefits
to
provide
that
a
qualified
household
that
includes
an
23
individual
under
18
years
of
age,
an
individual
65
years
of
age
24
or
older,
a
disabled
individual
as
defined
by
federal
social
25
security
laws,
or
an
individual
enrolled
in
a
postsecondary
26
educational
institution
which
meets
the
requirements
of
the
27
provisions
of
the
federal
Higher
Education
Act
of
1965
for
28
student
participation
in
the
federal
interest
subsidy
program
29
and
the
requirements
prescribed
by
rule
of
the
college
student
30
aid
commission,
as
at
least
a
half-time
student,
shall
qualify
31
for
the
maximum
benefit
amount
applicable
to
the
household’s
32
size
and
gross
monthly
income
limits
as
allowed
under
federal
33
law.
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