Assembly Bill A7270

                             
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                                   7270
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  the  study  of
   supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefit fraud
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 95 of the social services law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12.  (A) NO LATER THAN TWO HUNDRED FORTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONDUCT  A  STUDY  ON  THE
 PREVALENCE  OF  SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFIT
 FRAUD. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) A DETAILED EVALUATION OF THE  PREVALENCE  OF  STOLEN  SUPPLEMENTAL
 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS;
   (II)  AN  EXAMINATION  OF CURRENT BARRIERS, FEASIBILITY, AND IMPACT ON
 PARTICIPANT ACCESS AND EASE OF USE IN  DEVELOPING  AND  IMPLEMENTING  AN
 ELECTRONIC  BENEFIT  TRANSFER  SYSTEM USING INDUSTRY-STANDARD COMMERCIAL
 ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING, AT A MINIMUM,  THE  USE
 OF EMV COMPUTER CHIP CARDS; AND
   (III)  ANALYSIS  OF  SUCH  OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE.
   (B) UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE STUDY REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (A)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY A
 REPORT CONTAINING THE FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY.
   (C) NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF EACH FISCAL
 YEAR THAT BEGINS AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO  THE
 GOVERNOR,  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY AN UPDATED REPORT, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (I) PERIODIC  REVIEW  AND  MODIFICATION  OF  REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO
 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFIT TRANSFERS WHICH
 TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY; AND
   (II)  ANALYSIS  OF  THE  THREAT  OF  SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
 PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFIT  FRAUD  AND  MEANS  OF  PROTECTING  AGAINST  SUCH
 THREAT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.