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Montana committee advances bill asking DPHHS to seek USDA waiver limiting SNAP purchases
Summary
The House Health and Human Services Committee advanced House Bill 902 after a divided vote; the bill would direct DPHHS to seek a USDA waiver to restrict which items can be bought with SNAP benefits, add age limits for card use, and create a transitional benefits pilot, with a one‑time $802,000 appropriation to implement the program if the waiver is approved.
A House committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would ask the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services to request a federal waiver narrowing the list of items purchasable with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and to add age controls on who may operate an EBT card at point of sale.
Sponsor testimony framed the proposal as a nutritional policy. The sponsor said the bill’s goal is “to encourage purchasing foods in grocery stores and preparing nutritious, quick, easy meals” and cited Montana State University Extension’s free SNAP‑Ed program as a complement. The bill would ask DPHHS to…
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