SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-706
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-01
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill expands benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for households with children under the age of 18 who have chronic medical conditions.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill revises the excess medical expense deduction under SNAP to allow households to deduct allowable medical expenses in excess of $35 per month incurred for such children from their incomes in calculating SNAP benefits. Currently, the excess medical expense deduction under SNAP only allows qualified households with an elderly or disabled member to deduct such expenses.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 706 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2023 Ms. Brown (for herself, Ms. Kaptur , Mrs. Hayes , and Mr. Bishop of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow households with children with chronic medical conditions to deduct allowable medical expenses incurred by such household member that exceeds $35 per month.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2023 . 2. Excess medical expense deduction Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by inserting , or a member who is under 18 years of age and meets one of the criteria described in subclauses (I) through (III) of section 1945(h)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–4(h)(1)(A)(ii) ), after member the 1st place it appears, and (B) by striking elderly or disabled the last place it appears and inserting such , and (2) by amending subparagraph (B)(ii)(I) to read as follows: (I) be designed to minimize the burden for the eligible household choosing to deduct the recurrent medical expenses of the elderly or disabled member, or of the member who is under 18 years of age and meets one of the criteria described in subclauses (I) through (III) of section 1945(h)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396w–4(h)(1)(A)(ii) ), pursuant to the method; . 3. Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on October 1, 2023.