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CalFresh benefits: overissuance.

It became law on Sep 23, 2012.

CA SB 1391 · Senate Bill · 2011–2012

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Latest action
Sep 23, 2012

What it does

Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing federal law provides for the collection of fraudulent and nonfraudulent overissuances of SNAP benefits, and authorizes the United States Secretary of Agriculture to delegate this power to the appropriate state agencies. Under existing law, a county administering CalFresh, and operating an early fraud detection and prevention program in accordance with existing law, is required to make a referral for fraud…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 23, 2012

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