Bill > SB002

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The bill creates the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program (summer EBT) in the department of human services (state department). The purpose of summer EBT is to provide food benefits to students in low-income households for the summer months when students are not in school pursuant to federal law. The state department is designated as the lead agency to administer summer EBT in Colorado, in cooperation with the federal government. The state department may enter into an agreement with the secretary of the United States department of agriculture food and nutrition service to accept federal program benefits for summer EBT and disburse those benefits to qualified households. To administer summer EBT, the state department shall: ! Establish eligibility criteria and distribute benefits consistent with federal law; ! Develop procedures to pursue claims for benefit recovery; ! Develop an outreach plan and conduct outreach to community-based organizations and households; and ! Promulgate rules to manage household and administrative errors and any other rules necessary to comply with federal law. The bill designates the department of education as the partner agency for the administration of summer EBT. To administer summer EBT, the department of education shall: ! Develop an outreach plan and conduct outreach to local education providers and school food authorities participating in the national school lunch program (lunch program) or national school breakfast program (breakfast program); and ! Provide technical assistance to school food authorities, specifically school food authorities located in rural areas. The state department and the department of education shall jointly: ! Develop protocols for the sharing of relevant data necessary for the administration of summer EBT; ! Streamline rule-making and data collection; and ! Develop and provide a parent opt-out process to the extent allowable by federal law. The bill requires school food authorities that participate in the lunch program or breakfast program to provide the department of education with the minimum student-level data necessary to gather and maintain the eligibility information required by federal law. The department of education shall share the data with the state department to administer summer EBT. All data must be treated as protected personally identifiable information, consistent with state and federal laws.

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Judy Amabile (D)*,  Jennifer Bacon (D)*,  Shannon Bird (D)*,  Jeff Bridges (D)*,  Kyle Brown (D)*,  Janet Buckner (D)*,  Lisa Cutter (D)*,  Ruby Dickson (D)*,  Monica Duran (D)*,  Regina English (D)*,  Elisabeth Epps (D)*,  Rhonda Fields (D)*,  Lorena García (D)*,  Eliza Hamrick (D)*,  Chris Hansen (D)*,  Tim Hernández (D)*,  Leslie Herod (D)*,  Nick Hinrichsen (D)*,  Iman Jodeh (D)*,  Cathy Kipp (D)*,  Barbara Kirkmeyer (R)*,  Sheila Lieder (D)*,  Mandy Lindsay (D)*,  William Lindstedt (D)*,  Javier Mabrey (D)*,  Janice Marchman (D)*,  Bob Marshall (D)*,  Tisha Mauro (D)*,  Julie McCluskie (D)*,  Karen McCormick (D)*,  Barbara McLachlan (D)*,  Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)*,  Kevin Priola (D)*,  Janice Rich (R)*,  Naquetta Ricks (D)*,  Dylan Roberts (D)*,  Manny Rutinel (D)*,  Emily Sirota (D)*,  Tammy Story (D)*,  Tom Sullivan (D)*,  Brianna Titone (D)*,  Elizabeth Velasco (D)*,  Stephanie Vigil (D)*,  Michael Weissman (D)*,  Jenny Willford (D)*,  Mary Young (D)*,  Rachel Zenzinger (D)*,  Jessie Danielson (D),  Tony Exum (D),  Steve Fenberg (D),  Joann Ginal (D),  Julie Gonzales (D),  Sonya Jaquez Lewis (D),  Chris Kolker (D),  Byron Pelton (R),  Robert Rodriguez (D),  Faith Winter (D), 

House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (on 11/19/2023)

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