Bill Title: Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary and subject to federal approval, when calculating a household unit's monthly earned income for purposes of determining eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the Department of Human Services shall only consider the household unit's monthly after-tax income, as defined. Requires the Department to also disregard any change in a household unit's monthly earned income due to any minimum wage increase implemented on or after January 1, 2023 in accordance with any State law or county or municipal ordinance. Requires the Department to apply for any federal approvals required to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-10-25 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4199 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Mary Flowers [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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