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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2382 By: Hill
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP); directing the Department
of Human Services to adopt measures; directing the
Department to enter into agreements; directing the
Department to conduct reviews; directing certain
households to report certain changes; prohibiting
categorical eligibility; providing exception;
prohibiting application of certain standards;
directing the Department to make certain information
available to the public; 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 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 adopt the following
measures to verify eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP):
1. The Department of Human Services shall enter into the
following data-matching agreements with state agencies to cross-
check households enrolled in SNAP with other state data sets:
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a. the Department of Human Services shall enter into a
data-matching agreement with the Oklahoma Lottery
Commission and the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission to
identify households with lottery or gambling winnings,
or a combination thereof, of Three Thousand Dollars
($3,000.00) or more and, to the extent permissible
under federal law, treat this data as verified upon
receipt. To the extent the data may not be verified
upon receipt, the Department of Human Services shall
make referrals for further investigation to identify
households with winnings equal to or greater than the
resource limit for elderly or disabled households, as
defined in 7 C.F.R., Section 273.8(b),
b. on at least a monthly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall receive and review information from the
State Department of Health concerning individuals in
households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in
circumstances that may affect eligibility for food
stamps, including, but not limited to, death records,
c. on at least a quarterly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall receive and review information from the
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission concerning
individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that
indicates a change in circumstances that may affect
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eligibility for assistance, including, but not limited
to, changes in employment or wages,
d. on at least a semi-monthly basis, the Department of
Human Services shall receive and review information
from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
concerning individuals in households enrolled in SNAP
that indicates a change in circumstances that may
affect eligibility for assistance, including, but not
limited to, potential changes in employment, income,
or assets,
e. on at least a quarterly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall receive and review information from the
Oklahoma Tax Commission concerning individuals in
households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in
circumstances that may affect eligibility for
assistance, including, but not limited to, potential
changes in income, wages, or residency as identified
by tax records,
f. on at least a monthly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall receive and review information from the
Department of Corrections concerning individuals in
households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in
circumstances that may affect eligibility;
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2. On at least a monthly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall review agency records for information concerning
individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change
in circumstances that may affect eligibility for assistance,
including, but not limited to, potential changes in residency as
identified by out-of-state electronic benefit transfer card
transactions;
3. On at least a monthly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall, to assess continued eligibility and act on findings,
review:
a. earned income information, death register information,
incarceration records, supplemental security income
information, beneficiary records, earnings
information, and pension information maintained by the
United States Social Security Administration,
b. income and employment information maintained in the
National Directory of New Hires database and child
support enforcement data maintained by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services,
c. payment and earnings information maintained by the
United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development, and
d. national fleeing felon information maintained by the
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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B. All households receiving assistance shall be subject to
change reporting and report changes in circumstances, pursuant to 7
C.F.R., Section 273.12(a)(1), within ten (10) days of the date the
change becomes known to the household.
C. In no case shall categorical eligibility, pursuant to 7
U.S.C., Section 2014(a) or 273.2(j)(2)(iii), be granted for any
noncash, in-kind, or other benefit unless expressly required by
federal law for SNAP. The Department of Human Services shall not
apply gross income standards for SNAP higher than the standards
specified in 7 U.S.C., Section 2014(c), unless expressly required by
federal law. Categorical eligibility exempting households from such
gross income standards requirements shall not be granted for any
noncash, in-kind, or other benefit, unless expressly required by
federal law.
D. The Department of Human Services shall, with all necessary
coordination with appropriate law enforcement authorities,
including, but not limited to, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of Inspector General,
and local law enforcement entities, conduct an on-site inspection of
authorized retailers which accept EBT card transactions to identify
suspicious transaction records or amounts indicating possible
trafficking of benefits or other criminal conduct and make referrals
for proper investigations under applicable law.
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E. On at least a quarterly basis, the Department of Human
Services shall make available to the public on its website data from
findings of noncompliance and fraud investigations in SNAP for the
following aggregate and nonconfidential and non-personally
identifiable information:
a. the number of households investigated for intentional
program violations or fraud,
b. total number of households referred to the Office of
the Attorney General for prosecution,
c. improper payments and expenditures,
d. monies recovered,
e. aggregate data concerning improper payments and
ineligible recipients as a percentage of those
investigated and reviewed, and
f. aggregate amount of funds expended by electronic
benefit transfer card transactions in each state
outside of Oklahoma.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11470 CMA 12/31/24