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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 190 By: Pederson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP); directing the Department
of Human Services to implement certai n simplified
requirements for specified individuals; describing
simplified requirements; specifying certain
qualifications; requiring the Department to perform
certain eligibility verification; requiring the
Director of Human Services to fulfill certain fe deral
requirements and promulgate certain rules; directing
certain increase in SNAP standard medical deduction;
specifying eligible households; providing certain
deduction limits; defining qualifying medical
expenses; specifying additional limitations;
requiring the Director to fulfill certain federal
requirements and promulgate certain rules; providing
for codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of 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 under the
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Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP) for Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for an individual who:
1. Is sixty (60) years of age or older or is a person wit h a
disability, as determined by rules promulgated by the Director of
Human Services;
2. Has no earned income; and
3. Resides in a household in which every individual residing in
the household is sixty (60) years of age or older or is a person
with a disability, as determined by rules promulgated by the
Director.
B. The simplified requirements shall:
1. Allow an individual who meets the criteria under subsection
A of this section to waive recertification requirements;
2. Simplify and reduce the number of verification requirements
for certifying and recertifying the eligibility t o receive SNAP
benefits, which shall include the use of a shortened application
form; and
3. Allow the individual to remain eligible for SNAP benefits
for thirty-six (36) months after certification and after each
recertification.
C. To qualify for SNAP under this section, a n individual shall:
1. Submit to the Department a change reporting form every
twelve (12) months during the thirty-six-month eligibility period;
and
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2. Report to the Department, in accordance with federal law,
when the individual rece ives an increase in income.
D. The Department shall, in a manner that complies with federal
law, use data matching to verify eligibility.
E. 1. The Director shall seek any nec essary federal approval
and fulfill any other federal requirements to implement ESAP as
provided by this section.
2. The Director shall promulgate rules as necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 241.6 o f Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For the purposes of determining eligibility and benefit
amounts under the Supplemental Nutri tion Assistance Program (SNAP),
the Department of Human Services shall establish an increase in the
standard medical deduction for households with elderly or disabled
members as provided by this section.
B. The increased medical deduction shall be available to
households:
1. With one or more elderly or disabled members as defined in 7
C.F.R., Section 271.2 who are applicants for or recipients of SNAP
benefits; and
2. That incur medical expenses during the taxable year for one
or more of the elderly or disabled members of the household.
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C. 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 an elderly or disabled
member.
2. In cases where the ho usehold has more than one eligible
elderly or disabled member, the total allow able deduction shall not
exceed Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) per household.
D. For the purposes of this section, qualifying medical
expenses shall include, but not be l imited to, expenses for
prescription medications, doctor ’s visits, medical supplies, and
other costs that meet the definition of medical expenses under
federal or state law as applicable to public assistance programs.
E. 1. The deduction established unde r this section shall not
exceed the amounts specified in subsection C 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.
F. 1. The Director of Human Services shall see k any necessary
federal approval and fulfill any other federal requirements to
implement ESAP as provided by this section.
2. The Director shall promulgate rules as necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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