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Budget Amendments - SB700 (Conference Report)

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Transitional Food Stamps (language only)

Item 354 #1c

Item 354 #1c

Health And Human Resources
Social Services, Department of

Language
Page 348, after line 38, insert:
"J.  As a condition of this appropriation, effective July 1, 2003, the Department of Social Services shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, provide five months of Transitional Food Stamps for households whose TANF cash assistance is terminated."


Explanation
(This amendment would allow TANF recipients who lose eligibility for cash assistance to receive five months of federally funded food stamp assistance upon termination of their cash assistance.)