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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1641 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to identify and flag college students who are potentially eligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Provides that the factors to be used to determine potential SNAP eligibility shall be prescribed by ISAC in consultation with the Department of Human Services, but at a minimum shall include income information reported on a college student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Requires ISAC, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, to develop a notice that ISAC shall make available electronically to institutions of higher education that includes, at a minimum, college student SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits Eligibility's website address, and the Illinois Hunger Coalition's Hunger Hotline. Requires Illinois institutions of higher education that participate in the Monetary Award Program to provide the notice in writing to all students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment and are identified by ISAC as potentially SNAP eligible. Requires ISAC to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1641 | | LRB101 10098 KTG 55201 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 12-4.13c as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.13c new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.13c. College student eligibility for |
| 8 | | supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. |
| 9 | | (a) To complement student financial assistance programs |
| 10 | | and to enhance their effectiveness by more fully addressing the |
| 11 | | costs of attendance for students with financial needs, the |
| 12 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) shall identify |
| 13 | | and flag college students who are potentially eligible to |
| 14 | | receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) |
| 15 | | benefits. The factors to be used to determine potential SNAP |
| 16 | | eligibility shall be prescribed by ISAC in consultation with |
| 17 | | the Department of Human Services, but at a minimum shall |
| 18 | | include income information reported on a college student's Free |
| 19 | | Application for Federal Student Aid. ISAC, in consultation with |
| 20 | | the Department of Human Services, shall develop a notice that |
| 21 | | ISAC shall make available electronically to institutions of |
| 22 | | higher education that includes, at a minimum, college student |
| 23 | | SNAP eligibility criteria, the Application for Benefits |