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SENATE BILL 722
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CF HB 543
By: Senator Benson
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2024
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Seniors – State Supplement 2
FOR the purpose of increasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 3
Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes 4
an individual who is at least 62 years old; and generally relating to the Supplemental 5
Nutrition Assistance Program. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
Article – Human Services 8
Section 5–501 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Human Services 14
5–501. 15
(a) (1) The Department may implement a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 16
Program in accordance with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 17
(2) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall include: 18
(i) a Restaurant Meals Program in accordance with § 5–505 of this 19
subtitle; and 20
(ii) a Heat and Eat Program in accordance with § 5–506 of this 21
subtitle. 22
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(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 Supplem ental 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 receives 7
a federally funded benefit in an amount less than [$40] $75 per month under the 8
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the State shall provide a supplement to 9
increase the total benefit to [$40] $75 per month. 10
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
October 1, 2024. 12