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Subcommittee refers bill requiring VDH food‑insecurity data collection to Appropriations

Health and Human Services Subcommittee · February 10, 2026

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Summary

HB674 directs VDH to collect food insecurity information using a validated tool after the federal data feed was eliminated; a substitute gives VDH flexibility on data points and reporting and the bill was referred to Appropriations 9–0.

Delegate Maldonado presented HB674, a bill motivated by the loss of a federal data source that previously supplied states with SNAP and food and nutrition benefits information. The substitute removes a reference to a specific federal module and instead directs the Virginia Department of Health to collect food insecurity data using a validated tool, and removes a requirement that the data be published annually or organized by locality.

Maldonado said the substitute fills a data gap left when a federal function was eliminated and gives VDH flexibility to gather the information states need to track SNAP and nutrition trends. The subcommittee reported and referred the substitute to Appropriations by a vote of 9–0.