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OK HB1111
Bill
Status
3/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ellen Pogemiller
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AI Summary
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Department of Human Services shall develop simplified certification and recertification requirements for SNAP benefits for individuals age 60 or older, persons with disabilities, with no earned income, living in households where all residents meet these criteria.
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Simplified requirements must allow waiver of recertification, use shortened application forms, reduce verification requirements, and permit individuals to remain eligible for 36 months after each recertification.
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Department shall establish a standard medical expense deduction of at least $100.00 for households with elderly or disabled SNAP applicants or recipients who incur verified out-of-pocket medical expenses.
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Qualified medical expenses include prescription medications, doctor's visits, medical supplies, and other costs meeting federal or state public assistance program definitions.
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Department must submit waiver request to Food and Nutrition Services by January 1, 2026; provisions apply to all SNAP applications filed on or after November 1, 2025, with act becoming effective November 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Poor persons; Department of Human Services; requirements; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; increase; deduction; eligibility; households; amounts; term; restriction; codification; effective date.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee
4/1/2025