HB 224

This act amends Sections 40-23-35 and 40-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) increase the amount of funds that the Department of Human Resources receives quarterly for the administration of the food stamp program from 5 percent to an amount equal to 7.5 percent of the value of the food stamp benefits issued statewide in excess of the amount paid by recipients during the prior quarter; and (2) remove the annual requirement that an amount sufficient to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program must be the first charge against funds collected pursuant to the state use taxes to permit other sources of revenue to fund the program.