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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 57
BY SENATORS ERDEY, ALLAIN, APPEL, BROWN, CORTEZ, CROWE, GUILLORY,
HEITMEIER, JOHNS, KOSTELKA, MILLS, MORRISH, PERRY,
THOMPSON AND WAL SWORTH
FEDERAL PROGRAMS. Requests that DHH and DCFS work to streamline the process of
clearing the names of deceased recipients from the list of those eligible for SNAP benefits.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request that the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of2
Children and Family Services coordinate efforts to improve the accuracy of the3
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, particularly with respect to having the4
names of deceased recipients removed from the list of eligible recipients.5
WHEREAS, the supplemental nutrition program in Louisiana is important to many6
households because these benefits allow low-income households to purchase the food that7
is necessary for good health; and8
WHEREAS, in order to be eligible for nutrition assistance, a family in Louisiana9
must meet standards relative to their present resources, including such assets as a bank10
account balance and their current income; and11
WHEREAS, DCFS reports that currently over three hundred seventy thousand cases,12
both families and individuals, receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition13
Assistance Program in Louisiana; and14
WHEREAS, while DCFS has been recognized nationally for its accuracy in the food15
stamps program as recently as 2008, issues remain particularly with respect to removing16
deceased recipients from the list of eligible recipients.17
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby18 SCR NO. 57
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urge and request that the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of1
Children and Family Services coordinate efforts to improve the accuracy of the2
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, particularly with respect to having the names3
of deceased recipients expeditiously removed from the list of eligible recipients.4
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the5
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals and the secretary of the Department of6
Children and Family Services.7
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Erdey SCR No. 57
Requests that DHH and DCFS coordinate efforts to improve the accuracy of the food stamp
program, particularly with respect to removing the names of deceased persons from the list
of eligible recipients.