SIMPLIFYING RESOURCE AND ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS.

SEC. 1719. SIMPLIFYING RESOURCE AND ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS. Section 5 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— (1) in subsection (g)— (A) by designating the first through fourth sentences as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) The Secretary shall promulgate rules by which State agencies shall develop standards for identifying kinds of resources that, as a practical matter, the household is unlikely to be able to sell for any significant return because the household’s interest is relatively slight or because the cost of selling the household’s interest would be relatively great. Resources so identified shall be excluded as inaccessible resources.”; and (2) in subsection (j)— 104 STAT. 3786 (A) by striking “a household in which all members of the household receive” and inserting “the resources of a household member who receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382 et seq.), aid to the aged, blind, or disabled under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) or who receives”; and (B) by striking “have satisfied the resource limitations prescribed under subsection (g)” and inserting “be exempt for purposes of satisfying the resource limitations prescribed under subsection (g) if the resources are considered exempt for purposes of such title”.