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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1111 By: Pogemiller
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to poor persons; directing the
Department of Human Services to develop and implement
requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program benefits for certain individuals; providing
what the simplified requirements must allow;
providing for an increase in certain deduction when
determining eligibility; providing that deduction
shall only apply to certain households ; providing
deduction amounts; defining term; providing
restriction; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section o f law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 241.5 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Human Services shall develop and implement
simplified certification and recertification requirements for
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for an
individual who:
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1. Is 60 years of age or older or is a person with a
disability, as determined by Department rule ;
2. Has no earned income; and
3. Resides in a household i n which every individual residing in
the household is 60 years of age or older or is a person with a
disability, as determined by Department rule.
B. The simplified requirements must:
1. Allow an individual described by this section to waive
recertification requirements;
2. Simplify and reduce the number of verification requireme nts
for certifying and recertifying the eligibility to receive benefits,
which must include the use of a shortened application form; and
3. Allow the individual to remain eligib le for benefits for
thirty-six (36) months after recertification and after each
recertification.
C. An individual described by this section is required to:
1. Submit to the Department a change reporting form every
twelve (12) months during the eligibilit y period of thirty-six (36)
months; and
2. Report to the Department, in accor dance with federal law,
when the individual receives an increase in income.
D. The Department shall, in manner that complies with federal
law, use data matching to inform eligib le individuals.
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SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 241.6 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
For purposes of determining eligibil ity and benefit amounts
under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (S NAP), an
increase in the standard medical deduction is established for
households with elderly or disabled individuals as follows:
A. 1. The increased medical deduction applies to households
with elderly individuals, who are sixty (60) years of age or older,
or disabled individuals who are applicants for or recipients of SNAP
benefits.
2. The deduction is available to households that incur medical
expenses during the taxable ye ar for the elderly or disabled
individuals of the household.
B. 1. For the purposes of this section, an eligible household
may deduct up to One Hundred Seventy -five Dollars ($175.00) in
qualifying medical expenses incurred by the elderly or disabled
individuals of the household.
2. In cases where the household has more than one (1) eligible
elderly or disabled member, the total allowable deduction shall not
exceed Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) per household.
C. For purposes of this section, "qualified medical expenses "
shall include, but not be limited to, expenses for pr escription
medications, doctor's visits, medical supplies, and other costs that
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meet the definition of medical expenses under federal or state law
as applicable to public assista nce programs.
D. 1. The deduction under this section shall not exceed the
amounts specified in subsection B of this section.
2. Any portion of the medical deduction not used in the current
fiscal year shall not be carried over to the next year.
E. The provisions of this section shall apply to all
applications and recertification s for SNAP benefits filed on or
after November 1, 2025, and shall be implemented in accordance with
the regulations set forth by the Department of Human Services.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11030 CMA 12/20/24