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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 190 By: Pederson
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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 implement certain simplified
8 requirements for specified individuals; describing
9 simplified requirements; specifying certain
9 qualifications; requiring the Department to perform
10 certain eligibility verification; requiring the
10 Director of Human Services to fulfill certain federal
11 requirements and promulgate certain rules; directing
11 certain increase in SNAP standard medical deduction;
12 specifying eligible households; providing certain
12 deduction limits; defining qualifying medical
13 expenses; specifying additional limitations;
13 requiring the Director to fulfill certain federal
14 requirements and promulgate certain rules; providing
14 for codification; providing an effective date; and
15 declaring an emergency.
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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19 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 241.5 of Title 56, unless there
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21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 A. The Department of Human Services shall develop and implement
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23 simplified certification and recertification requirements under the
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1 Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP) for Supplemental
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2 Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for an individual who:
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3 1. Is sixty (60) years of age or older or is a person with a
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4 disability, as determined by rules promulgated by the Director of
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5 Human Services;
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6 2. Has no earned income; and
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7 3. Resides in a household in which every individual residing in
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8 the household is sixty (60) years of age or older or is a person
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9 with a disability, as determined by rules promulgated by the
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10 Director.
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11 B. The simplified requirements shall:
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12 1. Allow an individual who meets the criteria under subsection
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13 A of this section to waive recertification requirements;
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14 2. Simplify and reduce the number of verification requirements
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15 for certifying and recertifying the eligibility to receive SNAP
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16 benefits, which shall include the use of a shortened application
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17 form; and
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18 3. Allow the individual to remain eligible for SNAP benefits
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19 for thirty-six (36) months after certification and after each
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20 recertification.
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21 C. To qualify for SNAP under this section, an individual shall:
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22 1. Submit to the Department a change reporting form every
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23 twelve (12) months during the thirty-six-month eligibility period;
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1 2. Report to the Department, in accordance with federal law,
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2 when the individual receives an increase in income.
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3 D. The Department shall, in a manner that complies with federal
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4 law, use data matching to verify eligibility.
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5 E. 1. The Director shall seek any necessary federal approval
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6 and fulfill any other federal requirements to implement ESAP as
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7 provided by this section.
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8 2. The Director shall promulgate rules as necessary to
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9 implement the provisions of this section.
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10 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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11 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 241.6 of Title 56, unless there
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12 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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13 A. For the purposes of determining eligibility and benefit
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14 amounts under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
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15 the Department of Human Services shall establish an increase in the
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16 standard medical deduction for households with elderly or disabled
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17 members as provided by this section.
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18 B. The increased medical deduction shall be available to
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19 households:
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20 1. With one or more elderly or disabled members as defined in 7
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21 C.F.R., Section 271.2 who are applicants for or recipients of SNAP
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22 benefits; and
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23 2. That incur medical expenses during the taxable year for one
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24 or more of the elderly or disabled members of the household.
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1 C. 1. For the purposes of this section, an eligible household
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2 may deduct up to One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) in
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3 qualifying medical expenses incurred by an elderly or disabled
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4 member.
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5 2. In cases where the household has more than one eligible
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6 elderly or disabled member, the total allowable deduction shall not
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7 exceed Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) per household.
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8 D. For the purposes of this section, qualifying medical
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9 expenses shall include, but not be limited to, expenses for
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10 prescription medications, doctor's visits, medical supplies, and
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11 other costs that meet the definition of medical expenses under
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12 federal or state law as applicable to public assistance programs.
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13 E. 1. The deduction established under this section shall not
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14 exceed the amounts specified in subsection C of this section.
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15 2. Any portion of the medical deduction not used in the current
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16 fiscal year shall not be carried over to the next year.
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17 F. 1. The Director of Human Services shall seek any necessary
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18 federal approval and fulfill any other federal requirements to
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19 implement ESAP as provided by this section.
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20 2. The Director shall promulgate rules as necessary to
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21 implement the provisions of this section.
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22 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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23 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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1 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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2 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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