HB314 Summary

• Prohibits the Department of Human Resources from granting categorical eligibility for SNAP benefits unless expressly required by federal law.

• Establishes a 36-month lifetime limit on temporary cash payments under the TANF program, with exceptions for federal law requirements.

• Requires the department to identify out-of-state purchases using TANF and SNAP benefits and establish benchmarks that automatically trigger residency reviews, considering proximity to contiguous states.

• Mandates monitoring of replacement EBT card requests, requiring an office visit after the fourth request in 12 months to alert recipients of account monitoring for suspicious activity.

• Suspends TANF cash payments for recipients who fail to cooperate with fraud investigations and requires the department to maintain sufficient fraud investigative staff.