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