H-8063

   Amend House File 2676 as follows:
   1.  By striking page 1, line 27, through page 4, line 26.
   2.  Page 5, by striking lines 4 through 16 and inserting: 
   <The department shall continuously request that the United States department of agriculture, food and nutrition service, provide approval, for purposes of state administration of the supplemental food and nutrition program and the summer EBT program, if the state participates in the summer EBT program, for a modification to the list of eligible foods in 7 C.F.R. §271.2 to only include foods that are eligible as of January 1, 2026. The department may seek approval for additional foods to be excluded based on healthy food standards if the state provides all authorized SNAP retailers with a list of ineligible foods identified by universal product code, and instructions for point-of-sale compliance. The department shall implement each modification upon receipt of approval.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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