STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
Senator NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Conaway, Verrelli, Assemblywomen Pintor Marin, Swift, Jasey, Assemblyman Freiman, Assemblywoman Murphy, Assemblyman Stanley, Assemblywomen Lampitt, Haider, Speight, Lopez, Reynolds-Jackson, Piperno, Carter and Senator Burgess
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Human Services Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioner of Human Services shall request that the Food and Nutrition Service within the United States Department of Agriculture take such steps as are necessary to permit funds available through the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program” (SNAP), established pursuant to the federal “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,” Pub.L.88-525 (7 U.S.C. s.2011 et seq.), to be utilized by individuals receiving SNAP benefits to pay the delivery fee levied by an authorized New Jersey SNAP retailer for home delivery of the individual’s SNAP-eligible purchase.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.