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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0543* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 543 |
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| 8 | 8 | | O1, O2 4lr2669 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 4lr2753 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Henson, Alston, Attar, Atterbeary, Kaufman, McCaskill, Patterson, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Simmons, Smith, Woods, and Young |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2024 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Appropriations |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Seniors – State Supplement 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of increasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | an individual who is at least 62 years old; and generally relating to the Supplemental 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Nutrition Assistance Program. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Human Services 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 5–501 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Human Services 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5–501. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) (1) The Department may implement a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Program in accordance with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall include: 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (i) a Restaurant Meals Program in accordance with § 5–505 of this 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | subtitle; and 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (ii) a Heat and Eat Program in accordance with § 5–506 of this 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | subtitle. 22 2 HOUSE BILL 543 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) The State shall bear the nonfederal portion of the administrative costs of the 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for each county. 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (c) Each local department shall administer the Supplemental Nutrition 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Assistance Program: 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) under the supervision and control of the Department; and 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) in accordance with the regulations of the Department and federal law. 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (d) If a household includes an individual who is at least 62 years old and receives 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | a federally funded benefit in an amount less than [$40] $75 per month under the 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the State shall provide a supplement to 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | increase the total benefit to [$40] $75 per month. 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | October 1, 2024. 12 |
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