Modifies provisions relating to eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Summary

The bill adds felony manufacturing of a controlled substance to the list of convictions that can be exempt from the SNAP drug‑trafficker ban. To keep benefits, the person must be in or have completed an approved substance‑abuse program, obey court and parole rules, avoid new drug offenses for a year, and pass voluntary urine tests. It seeks to let more recovering addicts retain food assistance.

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