§ 1703. Changes to program administration
(a) The Department shall report to the Chairs of the House Committee on Human Services and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, community partners under contract with the Department to provide outreach services, federally authorized retailers operating in Vermont, any other interested stakeholders, and, if the General Assembly is adjourned, the Joint Fiscal Committee, within 30 days after any substantive change in the federal law governing SNAP that:
(1) restricts or improves eligibility;
(2) increases or reduces barriers or creates or eliminates hardships to access;
(3) identifies anticipated impacts on the administrative burden or costs to the Department, community partners under contract with the Department to provide outreach services, or federally authorized retailers operating in Vermont; or
(4) inhibits or increases benefit usage.
(b) Not less than 90 days prior to the implementation of a substantive voluntary change to Vermont’s SNAP program, the Department shall:
(1) convene a meeting with community partners under contract with the Department to provide outreach services, federally authorized retailers operating in Vermont, and any other interested stakeholders to describe the proposed change to Vermont’s SNAP program, including the anticipated impact on eligibility, benefit level, administrative burden or costs, and any other relevant impact of the proposed change; and
(2) consult with and consider input from community partners under contract with the Department to provide outreach services, federally authorized retailers operating in Vermont, and any other interested stakeholders on the impacts of the Department’s voluntary change to Vermont’s SNAP program. (Added 2017, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2025, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § E.316.4, eff. July 1, 2026.)