H 1071

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SESSION 2025
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  HOUSE BILL 1071
 Short Title:   SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1.  (Public)
 Sponsors:      Representatives Lopez, Johnson-Hostler, Cohn, and Jeffers (Primary Sponsors).
  For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
 Referred to:   Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  April 29, 2026
1A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
3     SERVICES AND COUNTIES TO COVER THE LOSS OF FEDERAL RECEIPTS FOR
4     THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
5     ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP), AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC LAW 119-21.
6 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
7SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
8 Health and Human Services, Division of Central Management and Support, the sum of sixteen
9 million dollars ($16,000,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. These
10 funds shall be used to cover the loss in federal receipts for the administrative costs of the federal
11 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as a result of Public Law 119-21. The
12 Department may allocate a portion of these appropriated funds to any division within the
13 Department that incurs a loss of federal receipts for the administrative costs of SNAP as a result
14 of Public Law 119-21. The Department shall only spend the portion of these appropriated funds
15 up to the actual amount of lost federal receipts.
16SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
17 Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, the sum of sixty-nine million dollars
18 ($69,000,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to cover the loss of
19 federal receipts for the administrative costs of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
20 Program (SNAP), as a result of Public Law 119-21. The Division of Social Services shall
21 distribute these funds to counties proportional to each county's loss of federal receipts. The
22 Division of Social Services shall only spend the portion of these appropriated funds up to the
23 actual amount of lost federal receipts.
24SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026.
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