HB498 Summary

• Limits SNAP resource standards to federal asset limits and prohibits categorical eligibility exemptions; establishes disqualification periods of 3 months for first violation, 6 months for second violation, and 12 months for third or subsequent violations of SNAP requirements.

• Prohibits the Department of Human Resources from seeking, applying for, accepting, or renewing waivers of SNAP work requirements and requires termination of SNAP benefits for recipients who fail to cooperate with child support enforcement or are delinquent on court-ordered support payments.

• Requires photographs of recipients on electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards and establishes a 36-month lifetime limit for temporary cash payments under TANF with sanctions including 3-month suspension for first noncompliance and full termination for second noncompliance.

• Requires the Department of Human Resources to identify out-of-state TANF cash benefit transactions and establish a benchmark for automatic residency status review.

• Requires the Medicaid Agency to implement verification practices including checks of address/driver's license data, death records, fleeing felon information, income sources, child support records, and utility and child care services information.