Bill Amendment: IL SB1641 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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Bill Title: SNAP-COLLEGE STUDENTS

Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0560 [SB1641 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1641-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Robert Peters

Filed: 3/12/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1641
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1641 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
adding Sections 12-4.13b and 12-4.13c as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.13b)
Sec. 12-4.13b. College student eligibility for
supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.
(a) For the purposes of Section 273.5(b)(11)(ii) of Title 7
of the Code of Federal Regulations, a career and technical an
educational program offered at a community college and approved
by the Illinois Community College Board 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

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and training program under Section 273.7 of Title 7 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, unless prohibited by federal law.
(b) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with
representatives of the Illinois Community College Board, the
Illinois Student Assistance Commission ISAC, the Illinois
Workforce Innovation Board Investment Board, and advocates for
students and SNAP recipients, shall establish a protocol to
identify and verify all potential exemptions to the eligibility
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.
(c) If the United States Department of Agriculture requires
federal approval of the exemption designation established
pursuant to subsection (a) and the protocol established
pursuant to subsection (b), the Department of Human Services
shall seek and obtain that approval before publishing the
guidance or regulation required by subsection (e).
(d)(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 pursuant to this Section.

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(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.
(e) The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules
necessary to implement the provisions of subsections (a), (b),
(c), and (d).
(Source: P.A. 100-620, eff. 7-20-18.)
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new)
Sec. 12-4.13c. SNAP eligibility notification; college
students.
(a) 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 prescribed by ISAC 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

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SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits
Eligibility's website address, and the Illinois Hunger
Coalition's Hunger Hotline.
(b) Illinois institutions of higher education that
participate in the Monetary Award Program shall provide the
notice described in subsection (a) 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.
(c) ISAC shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the
provisions of this Section on or before October 1, 2020.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".