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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
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
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request that the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of
Children and Family Services coordinate efforts to improve the accuracy of the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, particularly with respect to having the
names of deceased recipients removed from the list of eligible recipients.
WHEREAS, the supplemental nutrition program in Louisiana is important to many
households because these benefits allow low-income households to purchase the food that
is necessary for good health; and
WHEREAS, in order to be eligible for nutrition assistance, a family in Louisiana
must meet standards relative to their present resources, including such assets as a bank
account balance and their current income; and
WHEREAS, DCFS reports that currently over three hundred seventy thousand cases,
both families and individuals, receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, while DCFS has been recognized nationally for its accuracy in the food
stamps program as recently as 2008, issues remain particularly with respect to removing
deceased recipients from the list of eligible recipients.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request that the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of
Children and Family Services coordinate efforts to improve the accuracy of the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, particularly with respect to having the names
of deceased recipients expeditiously removed from the list of eligible recipients. SCR NO. 57 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals and the secretary of the Department of
Children and Family Services.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES