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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 184 By: Kirt
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition
7 Assistance Program (SNAP); directing the Department
8 of Human Services to extend SNAP benefits to certain
8 households through broad-based categorical
9 eligibility; specifying income and asset
9 qualifications; requiring the Department to fulfill
10 any necessary federal requirements; providing for
10 codification; providing an effective date; and
11 declaring an emergency.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 241.5 of Title 56, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. The Department of Human Services shall, through broad-based
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19 categorical eligibility (BBCE), extend benefits under the
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20 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to households who
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21 qualify for a non-cash Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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22 (TANF) funded benefit or state maintenance of effort (MOE) funded
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23 benefit and who meet all other criteria for SNAP BBCE.
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1 B. The income limit shall be one hundred seventy percent (170%)
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2 of the federal poverty level (FPL) guidelines and there shall be no
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3 asset limit for SNAP BBCE under this section.
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4 C. The Department shall seek any federal approval and fulfill
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5 any federal requirements necessary to implement the provisions of
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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8 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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11 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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