Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Supportive Living Food Access Protection Act of 2020”.
Supportive Living Food Access Protection Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of a household under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions of food and household
Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended—
in subsection (k)(3), by inserting “residential care settings provided funds by the appropriate State agency under regulations issued under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)),” before “public or private”; and
in subsection (m)(5), by adding at the end the following:
“(F)
“(i) Individuals who are 60 years of age or over or who receive supplemental security income benefits or disability or blindness payments under title I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) who reside in a residential care setting provided funds by the appropriate State agency under regulations issued under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)); and
“(ii) the spouses of those individuals if the spouse resides in a residential care setting described in clause (i).”
Sec. 3 Issuance and use of program benefits
Section 7(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(f)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting “and residential care settings provided funds by the appropriate State agency under regulations issued under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c))” before the period at the end.
Sec. 4 Review of program operations
In general— Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking “December 31, 2020” and inserting “the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the Supportive Living Food Access Protection Act of 2020”.
Regulations— The Secretary shall promulgate any regulations necessary to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.