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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE | |
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     Introduced By: Representatives Messier, Ferri, Malik, E Coderre, and Fellela | |
     Date Introduced: January 09, 2013 | |
     Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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     SECTION 1. Section 40-6-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-6 entitled "Public |
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Assistance Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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     40-6-8. Supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP). -- (a) The department |
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shall have the responsibility to administer the food stamp program for the state in compliance |
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with the provisions of the federal Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, 7 U.S.C. section 2011 et |
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seq. The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) is and shall be the new title of the |
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program formerly known as the food stamp program. All references in the Rhode Island general |
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laws to food stamps shall be deemed to mean, apply to, refer to, and be interpreted in accordance |
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with the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP). |
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      (b) The department is empowered and authorized to submit its plan for food stamps to |
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the federal government or any agency or department of it. The department shall act for the state in |
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any negotiations relative to the submission and approval of a plan, and may make any |
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arrangement or changes in its plan not inconsistent with this chapter which may be required by |
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the Food Stamp Act or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to it to obtain and retain |
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such approval and to secure for this state the benefits of the provisions of the federal act relating |
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to food stamps. The department shall make reports to the federal government or any agency or |
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department of it in the form and nature required by it, and in all respects comply with any request |
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or direction of the federal government or any agency or department of it, which may be necessary |
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to assure the correctness and verification of the reports. |
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      (c) The department is authorized and directed to pay one hundred percent (100%) of the |
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state's share of the administrative cost involved in the operation of the food stamp program. |
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      (d) No person shall be ineligible for food stamp benefits due solely to the restricted |
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eligibility rules otherwise imposed by section 115(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work |
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Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Laws No. 104-193), 21 U.S.C. section |
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862a(a)(2), and as this section may hereafter be amended. |
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     (e) The department shall be required to issue (EBT) electronic benefit transfer cards used |
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to administer this program with the cardholder’s picture identification. |
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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE | |
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     This act would require picture identification on all (EBT) electronic benefit transfer cards |
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issued to administer this program. |
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     This act would take effect upon passage. |
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