Revision: May 16, 2024, 11:09 a.m.
Rep. Hoell, Merr. 27
May 14, 2024
2024-1957h
05/06
Amendment to SB 499-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the elderly simplified application for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Summer EBT program and making appropriations therefor.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Human Service; SNAP; Elderly Simplified Application. Amend RSA 161:2 by inserting after paragraph XIII-b the following new paragraph:
XIII-c. SNAP; Elderly Simplified Application. The department shall apply for and participate in the elderly simplified application project within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
2 Appropriation. The sum of $37,500 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, is appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purpose of funding the SNAP elderly simplified application project pursuant to section 1 of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The department is authorized to accept and expend any available matching federal funds for this purpose without approval of the fiscal committee of the general court.
3 Summer EBT; Appropriation. To facilitate participation in the federal Summer EBT program so that families whose children are eligible for free and reduced price meals can receive benefits on an EBT card in the summer, the sum of $50,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025 is appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purpose of creating a request for proposals, soliciting bids, and developing a concrete implementation plan for a summer EBT program to begin in the summer of 2025. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The department is authorized to accept and expend any available matching federal funds for this purpose without approval of the fiscal committee of the general court. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit the department's implementation plan for the Summer EBT program to the speaker, senate president, house and senate finance committees by October 1, 2024.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take upon its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of health and human services to apply for and participate in the SNAP elderly simplified application project and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to begin participation in the Summer EBT program.