Bill Text: VA HB1410 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0843) [HB1410 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB1410-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §63.2-801 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§63.2-801. Food stamp program.
The Board is authorized, in accordance with the federal Food Stamp Act, to implement a food stamp program in which each political subdivision in the Commonwealth shall participate. Such program shall include participation in the Restaurant Meals Program and shall be administered in conformity with the Board regulations.
2. That the Department of Social Services shall develop and implement a plan to begin participating in the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program no later than January 1, 2021.
