*HB1354.1*
January 25, 2022
HOUSE BILL No. 1354
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DIGEST OF HB 1354 (Updated January 24, 2022 6:49 pm - DI 119)
Citations Affected: IC 12-14.
Synopsis: Requirements for SNAP participants. Provides that the
division of family resources (division) of the family and social services
administration shall require noncustodial parents to cooperate with the
child support bureau as a condition of eligibility for assistance under
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Requires the
division to disqualify an individual from receiving assistance under
SNAP during any 45-day period in which the individual is delinquent
in any payment due under a child support order. Requires the division
to assign individuals who are subject to federal work requirements for
SNAP eligibility to an employment and training program.
Effective: July 1, 2022.
DeVon, Miller D
January 11, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
January 25, 2022, amended, reported — Do Pass.
HB 1354—LS 6805/DI 77 January 25, 2022
Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1354
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 12-14-30-7.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 7.5. (a) Subject to 7 CFR
4 273.11(o) and 7 CFR 273.11(p), the division shall require
5 noncustodial parents to cooperate with the child support bureau as
6 a condition of SNAP eligibility.
7 (b) Subject to 7 CFR 273.11(q), the division shall disqualify
8 from participation in SNAP an individual during any forty-five
9 (45) day period in which the individual is delinquent in any
10 payment due under a court order for the support of a child of the
11 individual.
12 SECTION 2. IC 12-14-30-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
13 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
14 1, 2022]: Sec. 8. The division shall assign individuals who are
15 subject to the work requirements established under 7 U.S.C.
16 2015(d)(1) to an employment and training program (as defined in
17 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)(B)).
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Family, Children and Human
Affairs, to which was referred House Bill 1354, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Page 1, line 4, delete "custodial".
Page 1, line 5, delete "parents and".
Page 1, line 8, delete "month" and insert "forty-five (45) day
period".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1354 as introduced.)
DEVON
Committee Vote: yeas 10, nays 2.
HB 1354—LS 6805/DI 77