|
| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0155 Introduced 1/22/2021, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez and Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
|
| |
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules that permit recipients of benefits provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Women,
Infant, and Children (WIC) program, and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to use their benefits to purchase menstrual hygiene products. Requires the Department to apply for any waiver or State Plan amendment, if required, to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Provides that implementation shall be contingent on federal approval.
|
| |
| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
|
| | HB0155 | | LRB102 04056 KTG 14072 b |
|
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
|
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
|
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 12-4.54 as follows:
|
| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.54 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.54. SNAP, TANF, WIC; menstrual hygiene products. |
| 8 | | The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules that permit |
| 9 | | recipients of benefits provided under the Supplemental |
| 10 | | Nutrition Assistance Program, the Women,
Infant, and Children |
| 11 | | (WIC) program, and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| 12 | | program established under Article IV of this Code to use their |
| 13 | | benefits to purchase menstrual hygiene products. The |
| 14 | | Department shall apply for any waiver or State Plan amendment, |
| 15 | | if required, to implement this Section. Implementation of this |
| 16 | | Section shall be contingent on federal approval.
|