ALC-Executive Subcommittee
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HR1
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Matched: “…es (DHS), Division of County Operations - SNAP Updates from HR1”
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Pre-2017 bill |
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Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
1:12
right we got members coming in we'll go ahead and get started and call an executive subcommittee
to order all right first on the agenda is the consideration of the emergency rule department of humanman Services. Go ahead and invite them to the table please. and this is the snap roll, right?
Speaker 17
1:43
Good afternoon. I'm Mary Franklin, director of the division of county operations with Department
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
1:51
of Human Services. if you would just briefly describe what the rule is and why and
Speaker 20
1:58
then we'll see if there's any questions today I'm bringing before you a rule that will affect the supplemental nutrition assistance programme the snap program. this rule is necessary due to changes that to the able bodied adult without dependence work
requirement in snap and these changes came about in the passage of the one big Beau Act of 2025. the changes include raising the age of individuals who are subject to that able bodied adult without dependence work requirement from54 at the upper limit to now64 at the upper limit. it also changes the exception to the work requirement for individuals with children in the
household The new requirement requires parents of children aged 14 or older to also be subject to this requirement to work whereas previously before this new act, parents are households with children under age 18 were exempt so that is a change Previously we had implemented exemptions or exceptions from the requirement to work insnA based on passage of the fiscal responsibility Act
of 23 and that act added homeless individuals veterans and individuals aged24 or younger and in foster care on their 18enth birthday or higher that they were accepted from the requirement to work but the new federal law removed those three exemptions so those are no longer exemptions. This new federal law added some new exemptions for Indians, urban Indians inor
Indians specifically as described in the healthcaremprovement Act. so we have added in addition to that the federal law also changed some shelter some of the shelter deduction requirements in the pre previous to this law individuals who received like assistance like through the liheat program or some type of shelter assistance we're
automatically qualified for what's called a standard utility allowance and now that is limited to age60 or older. it does not mean other households can't also have a standard utility allowance but they have to meet the requirements they're just not
Speaker 17
4:31
automatically eligible by receiving something like liheap and that is a summary of the changes of this rule. Happy to answer any questions so just to recap this is
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
4:41
as a result of the big beautiful bill so that we meet the requirements
associated with that and then there's and know there's an emergency rule we have the permanent rule coming
sir all right any questions I see senator Boyd, you're recognized just right here
Senator Justin Boyd
Unverified
5:04
thank you Mr Chair for clarity's
sake on I guess the third page it says3210 and I'm trying to understand we've changed some
his and replaced with their and he and she and replaced with they are we going from singular to plural or we'd I mean any sense of why we needed to update that I I can't find where the the paragraph that to read how it fits in there those are just
Speaker 29
5:36
grammar changes we're making throughout the manual not just limited to snap. so anytime we update a section we're just standardizing that that that's the only reason so so for the record we're just
Speaker 32
5:49
standardizing it to make it plural rather than singular yes ok I just
Senator Justin Boyd
Unverified
5:55
wanted to clarify that we wanted to make it plural and that's what we were trying to do. Thank you. ers of ra
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
6:07
you you turned it off sir. hit it again. and you're recognized thank you
Representative Johnny Rye
Unverified
6:13
Mr Chairman Mary before this meeting you and I spoke just a little bit and I
know people around the state have had some questions with the snap program due to the federal situation that came about about three or four weeks ago can you kind of explain to us what happened with us as far as the the food banks and things like that and when the snap is actually reunited with with with the people that you know belong in there Yes, ir. due to the federal government
Speaker 20
6:49
shutdown we were notified by the food and nutritionervice which is the part of the USDA and it's the agency that funds and regulates SnA programs in the states they they provided us guidance to hold november benefits and not send them out and they sent us this guidance midway through October, and so based on their guidance we held november benefits so those benefits were late we
subsequently got guidance that gave us instructions to issue benefits based on a partial allocation of benefits based on50% of the normal allocation and then we got guidance that said now base it on65% and then we got guidance that said issue full and then we got guidance that said hold don't do anything and we finally with the federal government reopening guidance to issue those full benefits which we were able to do um, last week and happy to report that we are
current now on issuing November benefits anyone's benefits who had been held during that time have now been issued and so on a daily basis now we're issuing any newly approved households that weren't
Speaker 17
8:03
previously approved. So for all intents and purposes back to normal as far as the operation of Snap. thank you Mary and thank you
Speaker 39
8:11
Mr Chairman sir thank youpresentative all right
Senator Terry Rice
Unverified
8:16
any other questions Senator Riceh you're recognized thank you just question I could should
have thought to ask before and got on the emergency funding that Arkansas did anderrry signed off on is that any way reimbursable not not that my understanding I allow the
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
8:35
agency to speak to it but we we understood that on the front end that that wasn't going to be reimbursed by the feds but you're happy to speak to that if you will. I don't have any information
Speaker 20
8:46
that leads me to believe there's any way that Arkansas could be reimbursed for that but it was
Senator Terry Rice
Unverified
8:54
totally caused by the federal shutdown correct? that is my understanding and and you know there is a lot of agencies that get money back and employees get back pay and and all so is that anything y'all can check into? I could certainly
Speaker 28
9:11
ask the question of FNS thank you're welcome and senator if
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
9:17
I may there was that was one of the reasons you know you saw some other states like Louisiana was doing45 million dollars to help cover
the snap benefits and that as I understand those states were told at that time that money would not be reimbursed by the feds so that was again just something that was looked at I think as I was told to see do we want to do that and what is the likelihood that gets reimbursed and there wasn't so yes sir Senator Hester you recognized yeah I'm just gonna
Senator Bart Hester
Unverified
9:46
lean in a little bit more on what Senator Boyd asked and and there's no page number so it's impossible to track where
where we're at but when we remove he she and put they what is the intent behind that is it the intent that the department thinks there's more than a he and a she no sir I think it was just
Speaker 29
10:11
to to mean it didn't matter whether it was male or female just that they good thank you OK. any other questions? see none without objection
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
10:29
the proposed emergency rule is reviewed and approved and
the review and approval shall be effective upon adjournment of legislative council meeting Friday November 21st,2025. right. looks like think that's it. thank you very much and then director garrity you're recognized thank you Marty Gerrty
Speaker 52
10:49
with the bureau of Legislative Research. before you you have a
Speaker 53
10:52
revised security policy for the Big Mac building. the changes in this revision reflect the fact that the bureau
is no longer contracting with a private security company and the fact that state capitol police is now providing security for theig Mac building. The only there is one correction under4.01 under page three. it should read by officers of the Arkansas State Capitol li ce and we'll make that correction but this would require a motion to approve the changes OK.
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
11:32
I wouldn't obtain a motion I have motion I have a second. All right. any discussion? see none all in favor sayy aye and you oppose Is have it all right members thank you very much thank y'all we're adjourned
Agenda
A. Call to Order
B. Consideration of an Emergency Rule: Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of County Operations - SNAP Updates from HR1
C. Presentation of the Draft MAC Security Policy - 2025
D. Other Business
E. Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — ALC - EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, Nov 20, 2025 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| Exhibit B - DHS - DCO Emergency Rule SNAP HR1 10-29-25 | Exhibit | 274 | Official source ↗ |
| Exhibit C - MAC Security Policy_2025 Proposed Revisions_11042025 | Exhibit | 5 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Senator Ben Gilmore
Unverified
Speaker 17
Speaker 20
Senator Justin Boyd
Unverified
Speaker 29
Speaker 32
Representative Johnny Rye
Unverified
Speaker 39
Senator Terry Rice
Unverified
Speaker 28
Senator Bart Hester
Unverified
Speaker 52
Speaker 53
Speaker 49