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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2376 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5678 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2376 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. FOSTER, 57th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. WELANDER, 114th Dist. | |
16 | 16 | REP. KAVROS DEGRAW, 17th Dist. | |
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21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPALITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE | |
22 | 22 | FEDERAL EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. | |
23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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26 | 26 | That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of 1 | |
27 | 27 | Social Services to seek approval from the federal government to 2 | |
28 | 28 | eliminate the requirement that a municipality in the state that 3 | |
29 | 29 | participates in the federal Community Eligibility Provision meal service 4 | |
30 | 30 | option file the additional paperwork required to also participate in the 5 | |
31 | 31 | federal Emergency Food Assistance Program. 6 | |
32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
33 | 33 | To expand access to federal programs offering food assistance and lower | |
34 | 34 | barriers to access to food. |