HB 485-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0630

05/01

HOUSE BILL 485-FN

AN ACT relative to requiring photo identification for food stamp program participants.

SPONSORS: Rep. Summers, Hills 26; Rep. Silva, Hills 26; Rep. LeBrun, Hills 26; Rep. Ohm, Hills 26; Rep. M. Reed, Hills 26; Rep. Whitehead, Hills 26

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill directs the department of health and human services to request approval from the Department of Agriculture to establish a photo identification requirement for food stamp program participants.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0630

05/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to requiring photo identification for food stamp program participants.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Food Stamp Program; Photo Identification. Amend RSA 161 by inserting after section 10 the following new section:

161:11 Food Stamp Program; Photo Identification. Pursuant to 7 C.F.R. section 274.10(b), the department of health and human services shall request that the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) mandate the use of photo identification for continued eligibility in the food stamp program administered under RSA 161:2, XIII. Upon approval of the request by FNS, the department shall issue a photo identification card to each eligible household as proof of food stamp eligibility. Upon request, a household member, or the household’s authorized representative, shall present the photo identification card at issuance points, retail food stores, or meal services when exchanging benefits for eligible food. The department shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the use of photo identification cards required under this section.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

11-0630

Revised 01/31/11

HB 485 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to requiring photo identification for food stamp program participants.

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