SB194 Summary

• Limits SNAP resource limits to federal asset limits and prohibits categorical eligibility exemptions and work requirement waivers for SNAP benefits.

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

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

• Sets 36-month lifetime limit on TANF cash payments and imposes 3-month sanction for first noncompliance and benefit termination for second noncompliance with TANF requirements.

• Requires monitoring of out-of-state TANF transactions, frequent or large even-dollar purchases, and replacement EBT card requests, with automatic reviews triggered at specified benchmarks; suspends TANF benefits for non-cooperation with fraud investigations.