Protecting Student Summer Food Benefits from Theft
This act aims to protect electronic summer food benefits for children. It mandates the replacement of stolen funds and strengthens security measures to prevent fraud. This ensures that families receive the food assistance they need, even if benefits are stolen.
Key points
Requires replacement of stolen Summer EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) benefits for students if theft occurred through card skimming or similar methods.
Introduces new guidelines and regulations for security measures to prevent EBT benefit theft, including collaboration with retailers and payment system providers.
Establishes procedures for state agencies and tribal organizations to report theft and claim replacement of stolen benefits, with a cap on the replacement amount.
Mandates reporting and data analysis on benefit theft to better understand the problem and develop more effective prevention methods.
Introduced
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