HSB 693

This bill relates to qualifications for maximum benefit amounts from the state food assistance program. The bill provides that the department of human services shall amend its administrative rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A relating to categorical eligibility for food assistance benefits to provide that a qualified household that includes an individual under years of age, an individual years of age or older, a disabled individual as defined by federal social security laws, or an individual enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution which meets the requirements of the provisions of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 for student participation in the federal interest subsidy program and the requirements prescribed by rule of the college student aid commission, as at least a half-time student, shall qualify for the maximum benefit amount applicable to the household’s size and gross monthly income limits as allowed under federal law.