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Assembly debates bill requiring EBT-card websites and apps to offer 12 common non-English languages
Summary
Sponsors said mandating the 12 most common non-English languages for EBT websites and apps will reduce fraud against beneficiaries with limited English; members asked about county costs and implementation. The final floor vote was not recorded in the supplied transcript excerpt.
The Assembly debated legislation directing the state's electronic benefit-transfer (EBT) web and mobile interfaces (the OTDA "EBT Edge" system) to provide language support in the 12 most common non-English languages.
Sponsor Assemblymember Berger told the floor, "By mandating the EBT systems expand language services to include the 12 most common languages according to the US Census, this legislation will ensure that these beneficiaries have equal access to tools that protect their benefits." Members recounted constituent reports of widespread SNAP/EBT fraud affecting people with limited English proficiency who could not use…
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