Bill Text: IA SF76 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the department of human services to request permission from the United States department of agriculture to restrict the use of food assistance benefits for certain items.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Subcommittee: Shipley, Quirmbach, and Segebart. S.J. 99. [SF76 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF76-Introduced.html

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Senate File 76 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  SINCLAIR

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of human services to request
  2    permission from the United States department of agriculture
  3    to restrict the use of food assistance benefits for certain
  4    items.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM == AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT
  1  2 USE OF BENEFITS.  The department of human services shall submit
  1  3 a request to the United States department of agriculture for
  1  4 authorization for a waiver, pilot project, or other approach
  1  5 for restricting the use of food assistance benefits, as
  1  6 administered by the state under the federal supplemental
  1  7 nutrition assistance program, for food items that are beverages
  1  8 requiring payment of a refund value or deposit.  The request
  1  9 shall be submitted within sixty days of the effective date of
  1 10 this Act.  The department shall regularly report on the status
  1 11 of the request to the members of the joint appropriations
  1 12 subcommittee on health and human services and the legislative
  1 13 services agency.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 17    This bill requires the department of human services to
  1 18 submit a request to the federal government for permission to
  1 19 stray from the federal guidelines so as to restrict the use of
  1 20 food assistance benefits, previously known as food stamps, for
  1 21 food items that are beverages requiring payment of a refund
  1 22 value or deposit.  The department is to submit the request
  1 23 within 60 days of the effective date of the bill.  The bill
  1 24 directs the department to submit regular reports on the status
  1 25 of the request.
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