SECTION 1. Chapter 18 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 29 the following sections:-
Section 29A. The department of transitional assistance shall
(a) require that any electronic benefit transfer card issued to an eligible recipient shall bear such recipients photograph on the face thereof;
(b) require any retailer that accepts electronic benefit transfer cards to post the toll free fraud hotline provided by the department;
(c) List on each application and renewal form items prohibited from purchase with electronic benefit transfer cards.
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