Streamlining Nutrition Paperwork Act of 2023 or the SNP Act of 2023
This bill allows state agencies to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications by video phone or a simplified telephonic system.
Specifically, a state agency may establish a system to allow applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing (referred to as hearing-impaired under the bill) to sign a submitted SNAP application by gesture over a video phone. (Currently, a state agency may allow for a telephonic signature through a recorded verbal assent.)
The bill also specifies that, for a video phone or telephonic signature, the current recording system requirement may be satisfied through an audio recording or in writing. (During 2020 and 2021, the Food and Nutrition Service provided waivers to certain state agencies which allowed the state agency to document in writing that an applicant verbally signed the application, instead of requiring an audio recording.)
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5643 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5643
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record
in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance
benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent
over the telephone.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 21, 2023
Ms. Kuster (for herself and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record
in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance
benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent
over the telephone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Nutrition Paperwork Act
of 2023'' or the ``SNP Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Section 11(e)(2)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2020(e)(2)(C)) is amended--
(1) in clause (ii)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting ``or video'',
after ``telephonic'', and
(B) by inserting ``or by gesture over a video phone
for hearing impaired applicants'' before the period at
the end, and
(2) in clause (iii)(I) by inserting ``as audio or in
writing'' after ``record''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) Effective Date.--This Act, and the amendments made by this
Act, shall take effect on January 1, 2024.
(b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by section 2
shall apply with respect to applications made after the effective date
of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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