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S. 922
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Turner and Hembree
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Introduced in the Senate on January 23, 2018
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on General
Summary: SNAP
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/23/2018 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 15) 1/23/2018 Senate Referred to Committee on General (Senate Journal-page 15)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 43 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO PUBLIC AID AND ASSISTANCE, BY ADDING SECTION 43-5-255, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES FROM ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL RESOURCE LIMITS APPLICABLE TO DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT EXCEED FEDERAL LIMITS OR EXEMPTING HOUSEHOLDS FROM THE RESOURCE LIMITS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 5, Title 43 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 43-5-255. When determining the eligibility of a household to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, in no case shall the Department of Social Services establish resource limit standards that exceed the standards specified in 7 U.S.C. Section 2014(g)(1), unless expressly required by federal law. In no case shall categorical eligibility exempting a household from these resource limits be granted for any noncash, in-kind or other benefit, unless expressly required by federal law."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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