93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3128

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Dave Syverson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.4a new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to apply to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a waiver under the food stamp program to prohibit the use of food stamps to purchase foods of minimal nutritional value as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3128 LRB093 21074 DRJ 47110 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 12-4.4a as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/12-4.4a new)
7     Sec. 12-4.4a. Food stamp program; foods of minimal
8 nutritional value; waiver. Promptly after the effective date of
9 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
10 Department of Human Services shall apply to the United States
11 Department of Agriculture for any necessary waiver of federal
12 law and regulations to allow the Department of Human Services,
13 in operating the food stamp program in Illinois, to prohibit
14 the use of food stamps to purchase foods of minimal nutritional
15 value as defined by the United States Department of
16 Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service in 7 CFR Part 210.
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.