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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Lingamfelter
Require Verification of Legal Status for WIC Benefits (language only)

Item 286 #1h

Item 286 #1h

Health And Human Resources
Health, Department of

Language
Page 240, after line 7, insert:
"F.1.  The Department of Health shall ensure that all applicants and beneficiaries of benefits provided through the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Community Nutrition Services programs comply with requirements for legal presence pursuant to § 63.2-503.1 of the Code of Virginia.
2. The Commissioner of Health shall inform the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services of the Virginia requirements for legal presence to be used in determining eligibility for WIC pursuant to federal law and regulation.  
3. Local departments shall verify or cause to be verified information regarding an applicant's citizenship or legal presence in the United States prior to initiating provision of benefits, except as provided in § 63.2-503.1 C. of the Code of Virginia or in cases involving assistance mandated by federal law."


Explanation
(This amendment requires that the Department of Health apply the same requirements for legal presence for applicants and beneficiaries for WIC and Community Nutrition Services programs that are used in other public assistance programs pursuant to state law.)