Bill Text: IN HB1142 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Access to supplemental nutrition assistance.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-31 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [HB1142 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1142-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 11-10; IC 12-14.
Synopsis: Access to supplemental nutrition assistance. Provides that
an individual who has been convicted of a felony involving a controlled
substance and who has completed or is participating in a substance
abuse treatment program may receive assistance under the federal
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Requires the department
of correction to assist an offender in applying for supplemental
nutrition assistance.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
February 17, 2011, reported _ Do Pass.
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(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
(b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive assistance at the time the committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
Chapter 30. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for Certain Offenders
Sec. 1. An individual who:
(1) except for 21 U.S.C. 862a(a), meets the federal and Indiana Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requirements;
(2) has been convicted of an offense under federal or state law that:
(A) is classified as a felony; and
(B) has as an element the possession or use of a controlled substance (as defined in 21 U.S.C. 802(6)); and
(3) either has completed or is participating in a substance abuse treatment program;
is eligible to receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Sec. 2. In accordance with 21 U.S.C. 862a(d)(1), the state elects to opt out of the application of 21 U.S.C. 862a(a) for an individual who has completed or is participating in a substance abuse treatment program as described in section 1(a)(3) of this chapter.