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Committee adopts privacy-protecting amendment for summer EBT data sharing and recommends bill as amended
Summary
Lawmakers adopted an amendment requiring an opt-in/opt-out checkbox on free and reduced-price lunch forms before addresses are shared with DHHS for summer EBT distribution, then recommended HB 17 27 Ought to Pass as amended by roll call (14—1).
The committee debated House Bill 17 27, which would allow the Department of Education to share addresses of students who receive free and reduced-price lunches with the Department of Health and Human Services to deliver summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits.
Members expressed two competing aims: improving program delivery so eligible children automatically…
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