Plain English Breakdown
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Making CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable Benefits Permanent
This law changes a temporary test project into a permanent state program that gives extra benefits for buying fruits and vegetables.
What This Bill Does
- Renames the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project to the CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable Supplemental Benefits Program.
- Removes the rule ending the pilot on January 1, 2027, so it continues without a set end date.
- Sets rules for how the State Department of Social Services must share program funding.
- Requires the department to post data about how people use the benefits on its website every three months.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who receive CalFresh food assistance benefits in California.
- The State Department of Social Services, which runs the electronic payment system.
- Authorized retailers that sell and redeem these supplemental fruit and vegetable benefits.
Terms To Know
- CalFresh
- California's name for the federal food assistance program known as SNAP.
- EBT system
- An electronic card system used to pay for benefits like food and cash assistance, administered by the State Department of Social Services.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not state the exact dollar amount of funding available for this program.
- The bill removes a future end date but does not list specific start dates for new rules beyond making it indefinite.