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*hb0445*

HOUSE BILL 445 O1

(6lr2521) ENROLLED BILL — Appropriations/Finance — Introduced by Delegates Lierman, Chang, Hettleman, Jackson, Korman, Krimm, and P. Young

Read and Examined by Proofreaders:

_______________________________________________ Proofreader. _______________________________________________ Proofreader.

Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this

_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.

______________________________________________ Speaker.

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Food Stamp Program – Minimum Benefit – State Supplement 2

FOR the purpose of requiring authorizing requiring the State to provide a certain 3 supplement to a household that includes a certain individual who receives a federally 4 funded benefit of less than a certain amount per month under the food stamp 5 program; requiring the Department of Human Resources to notify the Department 6 of Legislative Services within a certain time period after the federal government fully 7 funds a certain minimum benefit; providing for the termination of this Act; and 8 generally relating to the food stamp program. 9

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10

Article – Human Services 11 Section 5–501 12

Annotated Code of Maryland 13

2 HOUSE BILL 445

(2007 Volume and 2015 Supplement) 1

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 2 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 3

Article – Human Services 4

5–501. 5

(a) The Department may implement a food stamp program in accordance with the 6 federal Food Stamp Act. 7

(b) The State shall bear the nonfederal portion of the administrative costs of the 8 food stamp program for each county. 9

(c) Each local department shall administer the food stamp program: 10

(1) under the supervision and control of the Department; and 11

(2) in accordance with the regulations of the Department and federal law. 12

(D) IF A HOUSEHOLD INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AT LEAST 62 YEARS 13 OLD AND RECEIVES A FEDERALLY FUNDED BENEFIT IN AN AMOUNT LESS THAN $30 14 PER MONTH UNDER THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, THE STATE SHALL MAY SHALL 15 PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENT TO INCREASE THE TOTAL BENEFIT TO $30 PER MONTH. 16

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of Human 17 Resources shall notify the Department of Legislative Services within 5 days after the 18 federal government fully funds a minimum benefit of at least $30 under the federal 19 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. 20

SECTION 2. 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21 October 1, 2016. It shall remain effective until 30 days after the day on which the 22 Department of Legislative Services receives notice under Section 2 of this Act, and at the 23 end of the 30th day, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall 24 be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 25