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Swordsmyth
12-15-2018, 05:46 PM
Ohio lawmakers passed a bill this week that would allow the state to have greater oversight of food stamp recipients. House Bill 119 (https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-votes?id=GA132-HB-119), which passed the Ohio Senate on Wednesday and the Ohio House on Thursday, would allow state officials to review the eligibility of people receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the program responsible for doling out food stamps, every three months instead of every year.
The legislation would also allow the state to provide the same oversight of Medicaid recipients.


One of the bill’s supporters, State Sen. Robert McColley, said state administrators would be able to use data already “available to them” to verify users’ eligibility for the program.
“They’ll simply take data that is available to them at their fingertips through various databases and otherwise and use that data to basically cross-check verification,” McColley told (https://www.wyso.org/post/lawmakers-ramp-scrutiny-recipients-food-stamps-medicaid) WYSO.
“The recipients themselves will have no idea this is going on and if there are red flags that do arise then the recipients will be provided notice and an opportunity to be heard to explain why there might have been a change of circumstances,” he added.

The recently passed legislation will head to Gov. John Kasich’s (R-OH) desk for approval.

More at: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/15/ohio-passes-bill-requiring-greater-food-stamp-oversight/