104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0032

 

Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.13a

    Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval if required, a household that includes one or more veterans or members of the armed forces shall be considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the gross income of such a household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 12-4.13a as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.13a)
7    Sec. 12-4.13a. Gross income eligibility standard; SNAP.
8    (a) Subject to federal approval if required, a household
9that includes an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be
10considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition
11Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such
12household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty
13guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the
14U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the
15authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2); and a household that does not
16include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be
17considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition
18Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such
19household is at or below 165% of those nonfarm income poverty
20guidelines.
21     (b) Subject to federal approval if required, a household
22that includes one or more veterans or members of the armed
23forces shall be considered categorically eligible for

 

 

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1Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if
2the gross income of such a household is at or below 200% of the
3nonfarm income poverty guidelines.
4    As used in this subsection:
5    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
6States, including a member of any reserve component or
7National Guard unit.
8    "Veteran" means a person who has served in the armed
9forces and was discharged or separated under honorable
10conditions.
11(Source: P.A. 99-170, eff. 1-1-16.)