118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2885 — SNP Act of 2023

“A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent over the telephone.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Sep 21, 2023

Last action Sep 21, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Sep 21, 2023

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Referred

Sep 21, 2023

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

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 Ser...

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Sep 21, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Sep 21, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.