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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2855 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6481 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2855 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. ROSARIO, 128th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING SEMI-MONTHLY TRANSFERS OF | |
| 19 | 19 | SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION BENEFITS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | Commissioner of Social Services to stagger the transfer of 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | supplemental nutrition assistance benefits to electronic benefit cards 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | more than once a month to avert (1) higher retail food prices due to 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | increased demand when beneficiaries use the benefits all at once, and 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | (2) depletion of benefits soon after they are issued. 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 30 | 30 | To avert depletion of supplemental nutrition assistance benefits early | |
| 31 | 31 | in the month and higher food prices when retailers serve a rush of | |
| 32 | 32 | shoppers using their benefits all at once. |