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PA HB749
Bill
Status
11/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Madsen
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Human Services to analyze SNAP payment distribution schedules within 12 months of enactment and every 5 years thereafter, using caseload data, census data, and models from other states with more than 10 payment issuance days.
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Mandates submission of the analysis report within 15 days of completion to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the House Health and Human Services Committees.
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Requires the department to post the report on its public website within 30 days of completion.
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If changes are needed to the SNAP distribution schedule, the department must develop updates in consultation with an advisory committee and submit proposed changes to USDA Food and Nutrition Service for approval.
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment; proposed schedule updates must be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin before federal submission.
Legislative Description
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance and for copayments for subsidized child care, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards, further providing for reports to General Assembly, for persons eligible for medical assistance and for nonemergency medical transportation services and providing for abrogation of regulatory requirements for payment for outpatient behavioral health services within physical confines of behavioral health clinic facilities and for SNAP benefit reporting; and making a repeal.
Last Action
Act No. 46 of 2025
11/12/2025