Title: A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that certain students who are family caregivers are eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain students who are informal providers of in-home and community care to elderly or disabled members of the household eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1708 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1708

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that certain 
 students who are family caregivers are eligible to participate in the 
               Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2017

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that certain 
 students who are family caregivers are eligible to participate in the 
               Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SNAP ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARE 
              OF DISABLED MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS.

    Section 6(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(e)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) an informal provider of in-home and community 
                care to--
                            ``(i) a member of the household--
                                    ``(I) who is not less than 60 years 
                                old; and
                                    ``(II) for whom a physician, 
                                physician's assistant, nurse, nurse 
                                practitioner, designated representative 
                                of the physician's office, licensed or 
                                certified psychologist, social worker, 
                                or any other health professional 
                                determined appropriate by the State 
                                agency provides a statement that the 
                                member of the household--
                                            ``(aa) is unable to perform 
                                        without substantial assistance 
                                        from another individual two or 
                                        more activities of daily living 
                                        described in section 
                                        7702B(c)(2)(B) of the Internal 
                                        Revenue Code of 1986; or
                                            ``(bb)(AA) requires 
                                        substantial supervision to 
                                        protect the member of the 
                                        household from threats to 
                                        health and safety due to a 
                                        severe cognitive impairment; 
                                        and
                                            ``(BB) is unable to perform 
                                        without reminding or cuing 
                                        assistance one or more 
                                        activities of daily living 
                                        described in section 
                                        7702B(c)(2)(B) of the Internal 
                                        Revenue Code of 1986; or
                            ``(ii) a disabled member of the household 
                        described in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 
                        3(j);''.
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