EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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HOUSE BILL 666
O1 4lr1978
CF SB 35
By: Delegates Shetty, Edelson, Kaufman, and Solomon
Introduced and read first time: January 25, 2024
Assigned to: Appropriations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – State Supplement 2
FOR the purpose of repealing the minimum age that a member of a household must be for 3
eligibility for a State–provided supplemental benefit under the Supplemental 4
Nutrition Assistance Program; increasing the amount of the supplemental benefit 5
that the State must provide; and generally relating to the Supplemental Nutrition 6
Assistance Program. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Human Services 9
Section 5–501 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Human Services 15
5–501. 16
(a) (1) The Department may implement a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 17
Program in accordance with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 18
(2) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall include: 19
(i) a Restaurant Meals Program in accordance with § 5–505 of this 20
subtitle; and 21
(ii) a Heat and Eat Program in accordance with § 5–506 of this 22
subtitle. 23 2 HOUSE BILL 666
(b) The State shall bear the nonfederal portion of the administrative costs of the 1
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for each county. 2
(c) Each local department shall administer the Supplemental Nutrition 3
Assistance Program: 4
(1) under the supervision and control of the Department; and 5
(2) in accordance with the regulations of the Department and federal law. 6
(d) If a household includes an individual who [is at least 62 years old and] 7
receives a federally funded benefit in an amount less than [$40] $95 per month under the 8
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the State shall provide a supplement to 9
increase the total benefit to [$40] $95 per month. 10
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER E NACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
October 1, 2024. 12