Bill > HB1727

This bill directs the New Hampshire Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services to establish a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that allows the Department of Education to share student addresses with the Department of Health and Human Services specifically for administering the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) program. The bill emphasizes that the shared data must be kept confidential and used exclusively for distributing summer food benefits to eligible students, with a requirement that all shared data be deleted after the summer benefits distribution is complete, unless federal law mandates otherwise. The Summer EBT program is a federal initiative designed to provide financial assistance to families with school-aged children during summer months when free or reduced-price school meals are not available. By enabling this inter-agency data sharing, the bill aims to streamline the process of identifying and supporting eligible students and families during the summer break. The bill will take effect immediately upon its passage.

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