More than 10,000 Alabamians are at risk for losing food stamp benefits due to a change in the work requirements for recipients older than 50.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed the bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling through Jan. 1, 2025. Part of the bill includes expanding the age range requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program, or SNAP, recipients.

SNAP already has work requirements for most adults ages 18-49 who do not have dependents. Under those requirements beneficiaries are required to show they are working at least 20 hours a week or participating in a training program. Exempt from the work requirement are pregnant women, people with disabilities or those with physical or mental conditions that prevent them from working.

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Benefits for people who don’t meet those qualifications are capped at three months in a three-year period.

The new legislation raises the age requirements to include childless workers ages 50-54. The law will phase in by age, to include 50-years-old 90 days after the law is enacted and then expanded to include 53 and 54-year-olds in 2024.

The requirements would be effective through Oct. 1, 2030.

Nationally, the deal could put SNAP benefits at risk for 750,000 adults, nearly half of whom are women. An analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities predicts 13,000 of those at risk of losing benefits are in Alabama.

Not all of those 13,000 will necessarily lose benefits, CBPP pointed out. Some could document they qualify for an exemption or meet work requirements. Also exempt would be some 78,000 veterans and homeless people – as well as young adults transitioning from foster care.

The CBPP estimates older adults, many with extremely low incomes, who lose access to SNAP would see a reduction of about $8 per day.