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HI SCR66

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/4/2014

Primary Sponsor

Suzanne Chun Oakland

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to consider amending the federal farm bill to allow vitamins and nutritional supplements to be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits
  • Notes that current SNAP regulations prohibit using benefits to purchase vitamins, medicines, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and other nonfood items
  • States that previous farm bill versions attempted to include vitamins and nutritional supplements as eligible foods but were not adopted in any final version
  • Requires certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to members of Hawaii's congressional delegation
  • This is a concurrent resolution from Hawaii's 27th Legislature in 2014

Legislative Description

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Vitamins and Supplements; Congressional Delegation

Last Action

Referred to HMS/PSM, WAM.

3/13/2014

Committee Referrals

Human Services3/13/2014

Full Bill Text

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