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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2353 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | 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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| | HB2353 | | LRB104 09377 KTG 19436 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 12-4.13a as follows:
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| 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 |
| 9 | | that includes an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be |
| 10 | | considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition |
| 11 | | Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such |
| 12 | | household is at or below 200% of the nonfarm income poverty |
| 13 | | guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the |
| 14 | | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the |
| 15 | | authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2); and a household that does not |
| 16 | | include an elderly, blind, or disabled person shall be |
| 17 | | considered categorically eligible for Supplemental Nutrition |
| 18 | | Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the gross income of such |
| 19 | | household is at or below 165% of those nonfarm income poverty |
| 20 | | guidelines. |
| 21 | | (b) Subject to federal approval if required, a household |
| 22 | | that includes one or more veterans or members of the armed |
| 23 | | forces shall be considered categorically eligible for |