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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL 684 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Darby |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL 879 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Reeves |
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| 9 | 9 | | SB0879 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 002798 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 5, Part 3, relative to food assistance. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-318, is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | 18 | | subsections (b) and (c) and substituting: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The department shall annually identify any federal waivers it deems |
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| 20 | 20 | | necessary to alleviate any federal regulatory limitations it identifies pursuant to |
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| 21 | 21 | | subsection (a), and shall, no later than October 31 of each year, as applicable, submit |
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| 22 | 22 | | applications to the federal government for such waivers. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) On or before December 31 of each year, the department shall submit a report |
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| 24 | 24 | | to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate, the chair of the committee |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the house of representatives with subject matter jurisdiction over health, and the |
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| 26 | 26 | | legislative librarian that details its findings pursuant to subsection (a), describes any |
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| 27 | 27 | | waiver applications it has submitted pursuant to subsection (b) and the status of such |
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| 28 | 28 | | applications, and includes recommendations to the general assembly for any statutory |
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| 29 | 29 | | changes the department deems necessary to facilitate efficient processing and approval |
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| 30 | 30 | | of applications and delivery of benefits for the food assistance program. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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