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CF SB 957 By: Delegates Valentino–Smith and Ruth Introduced and read first time: January 20, 2022 Assigned to: Appropriations Committee Report: Favorable with amendments House action: Adopted Read second time: March 2, 2022

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – State Supplement 2

FOR the purpose of lowering the minimum age that a member of a household must be for 3 eligibility for a State–provided supplemental benefit under the Supplemental 4 Nutrition Assistance Program; increasing the amount of the supplemental benefit 5 that the State must provide by increasing the minimum total monthly benefit; and 6 generally relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8

Article – Human Services 9 Section 5–501 10

Annotated Code of Maryland 11

(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14

Article – Human Services 15

5–501. 16

(a) (1) The Department may implement a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 17 Program in accordance with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 18

(2) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall include: 19

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(i) a Restaurant Meals Program in accordance with § 5–505 of this 1 subtitle; and 2

(ii) a Heat and Eat Program in accordance with § 5–506 of this 3 subtitle. 4

(b) The State shall bear the nonfederal portion of the administrative costs of the 5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for each county. 6

(c) Each local department shall administer the Supplemental Nutrition 7 Assistance Program: 8

(1) under the supervision and control of the Department; and 9

(2) in accordance with the regulations of the Department and federal law. 10

(d) If a household includes an individual who is at least [62] 60 years old and 11 receives a federally funded benefit in an amount less than [$30] $45 $40 per month under 12 the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the State shall provide a supplement to 13 increase the total benefit to [$30] $45 $40 per month. 14

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15 October 1, 2022. 16

Approved: ________________________________________________________________________________

Governor. ________________________________________________________________________________

Speaker of the House of Delegates. ________________________________________________________________________________

President of the Senate.