General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5822
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5655
*05655HB05822HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5822
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5655
*05655HB05822HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT REQUIRING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION ON ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CARDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) For purposes of this section, (1) "electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card" means a card provided by the Department of Social Services to recipients of public assistance and state-administered child support benefits that allows electronic access to public assistance and state-administered child support benefits; and (2) "public assistance" means temporary family assistance, state-administered general assistance, state supplemental assistance and the supplemental nutrition assistance program, as said programs are administered pursuant to chapter 319s of the general statutes, and refugee assistance, administered pursuant to the Refugee Act of 1980.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, to the extent permissible under federal law, shall require that all EBT cards issued by the department contain a photo of the person to whom such card is issued.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require that EBT cards contain photo identification of persons to whom they are issued.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. MINER, 66th Dist.; REP. PAVALOCK, 77th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. MINER, 66th Dist.; REP. PAVALOCK, 77th Dist.
H.B. 5822