SB285 Summary

• Limits SNAP resource limits to federal asset limits and prohibits department from seeking work requirement waivers or granting categorical eligibility for SNAP benefits.

• Establishes escalating disqualification periods for SNAP noncompliance: 3 months for first violation, 6 months for second, and 1 year for third or subsequent violation.

• Requires termination of SNAP benefits for recipients who fail to cooperate with child support enforcement requirements or are delinquent on court-ordered support payments.

• Establishes a 36-month lifetime limit for temporary cash payments under TANF and provides sanctions including a 3-month sanction for first noncompliance and benefit termination for second noncompliance.

• Requires photographs on electronic benefits transfer cards and mandates tracking of out-of-state TANF purchases with automatic residency reviews when benchmark number is reached.

• Requires Medicaid Agency to implement verification checks including residency, death records, fleeing felon status, unearned income, employment information, and utility and child care services data.