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IA HSB696

SB

Status

Introduced

2/9/2026

Primary Sponsor

Health And Human Services

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires quarterly reports to the legislature on SNAP payment error rates beginning October 1, 2026.

  • Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to seek federal waivers to exclude earned income of household members under age 22 who are enrolled in school and living with a parent from SNAP eligibility calculations.

  • Seeks federal approval to accept automated data sources (including employment verification, Social Security records, and incarceration data) as verified information for SNAP eligibility determinations.

  • Requests a waiver to allow expungement of unused SNAP benefits from electronic benefit accounts after three months or 91 days of inactivity.

  • Pursues a federal waiver to modify payment error rate reporting procedures for quality control sampling in the SNAP program.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the medical assistance program, and other public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services.(See HF 2716.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2716.

2/24/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services2/9/2026

Full Bill Text

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