Amendment #691 to H3800

Addressing Food Insecurity by Closing the SNAP Gap

Representatives Livingstone of Boston, Ashe of Longmeadow, Barber of Somerville, Barrett of North Adams, Blais of Sunderland, Brodeur of Melrose, Cabral of New Bedford, Cahill of Lynn, Capano of Lynn, Carey of Easthampton, Ciccolo of Lexington, Connolly of Cambridge, Domb of Amherst, Donahue of Worcester, Elugardo of Boston, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Ferrante of Gloucester, González of Springfield, Hecht of Watertown, Holmes of Boston, Honan of Boston, Keefe of Worcester, LeBoeuf of Worcester, Lewis of Framingham, Mahoney of Worcester, McGonagle of Everett, McKenna of Webster, Meschino of Hull, Miranda of Boston, Murray of Milford, O'Day of West Boylston, Puppolo of Springfield, Sabadosa of Northampton, Schmid of Westport, Santiago of Boston and Vega of Holyoke moves to amend the bill, in Section 2, in item 4000-0300, by adding the following:-

"provided further, that the executive office shall establish a pilot to allow low-income applicants and recipients of MassHealth and Medicare Savings Program the option to initiate an application for federally-funded supplemental nutrition assistance benefits at the same time as their application or renewal for MassHealth or Medicare Savings Program; provided further, the executive office shall ensure that eligibility information and verifications provided by the applicant or recipient that are relevant to said nutrition program is transferred from MassHealth to the Department of Transitional Assistance for use in their determination of eligibility; provided further, the executive office shall provide a report no later than October 1, 2019 to the executive office of administration and finance and the house and senate committees for ways and means on the additional costs and federal reimbursement opportunities involved in a common application portal for all MassHealth and Medicare Savings Program applicants and recipients with gross incomes under 200%  of the federal poverty level."

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #691 to H3800

Addressing Food Insecurity by Closing the SNAP Gap