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2020 SESSION

20104292D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1410
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 8, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-801 of the Code of Virginia, relating to food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program.
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Patrons-- Roem, Lopez, Price, Rasoul and Samirah
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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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.

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 include participation in the Restaurant Meals Program and shall be administered in conformity with the Board regulations.

2. That the Department of Social Services shall develop and implement a plan to begin participating in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program no later than January 1, 2021.