HB4874 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4874

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/12-4.53 new

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 feminine hygiene products. Requires the Department to apply for any waiver or State Plan amendment, if required, to implement provisions of the amendatory Act. Provides that implementation shall be contingent on federal approval.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by adding Section 12-4.53 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/12-4.53 new)

Sec. 12-4.53. SNAP, TANF, WIC; feminine hygiene products. The Department of Human Services shall 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 established under Article IV of this Code to use their benefits to purchase feminine hygiene products. The Department shall apply for any waiver or State Plan amendment, if required, to implement this Section. Implementation of this Section shall be contingent on federal approval.