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HOUSE BILL NO. 714 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 11, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-801 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card. ---------- Patron-- Marshall, R.G. ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 63.2-801 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 63.2-801. Food stamp program; electronic benefit transfer cards.

The Board is authorized, in accordance with the federal Food Stamp Act, to implement a food stamp program in which each political subdivision in the Commonwealth shall participate. Such program shall be administered in conformity with the Board regulations.

Food stamp program recipients shall be required to show photo identification in order to use an electronic benefit transfer card to access benefits. The Department shall, pursuant to federal regulations, establish procedures to ensure that all appropriate household members or authorized representatives of a recipient are able to access benefits from the account as necessary and that the electronic benefit transfer system is implemented and operated in a manner that maintains equal treatment of food stamp program recipients and other patrons.