Bill Text - SB404 (2022)

Establishing a supplemental nutrition assistance program.


Revision: Jan. 26, 2022, 2:30 p.m.

Health and Human Services

January 26, 2022

2022-0317s

07/04

 

 

Amendment to SB 404-FN

 

Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 161:2, XIII-b as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

XIII-b.  SNAP Outreach Program.  Develop a state outreach plan, known as the outreach plan, to promote access to eligible persons to benefits through SNAP.  The department's responsibility shall be limited to the development of the outreach plan and shall not include the implementation or administration of the outreach plan.  The department shall give preference to private or federal moneys sufficient to cover the state's costs associated with such implementation and administration.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the department's use of available general fund appropriations for the purposes of this paragraph if there are insufficient federal or private funds available.  The outreach plan shall:

 

Amend RSA 161:2, XIII-b(d) as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

(d)  Submit the final state outreach plan to the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA for approval on or before the USDA deadline for fiscal year 2023, as well as annually or as required by USDA thereafter, and shall request any federal matching funds that may be available upon approval of the state outreach plan.