H0629B3230A04786 NES:CDM 06/15/22 #90 A04786
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 629
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE FRANKEL
Printer's No. 3230
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 13 through 19; page 2, lines 1
through 11; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
(1) Within one year of the effective date of this section,
the department shall, in collaboration with the department's
Income Maintenance Advisory Committee, develop and submit for
Federal approval guidelines to distribute benefits under the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on a monthly
basis using a uniform distribution schedule wit h up to twenty
payment days.
(2) The department may implement a tiered distribution
schedule in order to deter any hardships as a result of the
change in the distribution date under this section for an
individual receiving the benefits.
(3) The department shall implement the guidelines upon the
receipt of Federal approval under paragraph (1).
Section 2. Upon the department's receipt of an appropriation
necessary to implement the provisions of this act, the
department shall transmit notice of the appropriation to the
Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) Section 2 of this act and this section shall take
effect immediately.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect upon
publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the notice under
section 2 of this act.
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