Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Streamlining Nutrition Paperwork Act of 2023” or the “SNP Act of 2023”.
Streamlining Nutrition Paperwork Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent over the telephone.
Sec. 2 Amendments
Section 11(e)(2)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)(C)) is amended—
in clause (ii)—
in the heading, by inserting “or video phone” after “telephonic”; and
by inserting “or by gesture over a video phone for hearing impaired applicants” before the period at the end; and
in clause (iii)(I), by inserting “as audio or in writing” after “record”.
Sec. 3 Effective date
This Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on January 1, 2024.