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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 2032 By: Archer
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to summer nutrition; stating purpose
of act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Human
8 Services to administer the Summer Electronic Benefit
Transfer for Children program; requiring
9 collaboration with the State Department of Education
in implementing the program; providing for
10 codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-119.2 of Title 70, unless
16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
17 A. The purpose of this section is to establish the State of
18 Oklahoma's participation in the federal Summer Electronic Benefit
19 Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) program to provide supplemental
20 nutrition assistance to eligible children during the summer months
21 when school is not in session beginning on June 1, 2026, and beyond.
22 B. The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) shall
23 administer the Summer EBT Program in accordance with federal
24 regulations and guidelines.
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1 C. The Department of Human Services shall work with the State
2 Department of Education to determine eligibility of children and
3 reduce administrative burden on qualifying families for the Summer
4 EBT program established pursuant to the federal Consolidated
5 Appropriations Act, 2023.
6 D. The Department of Human Services and the State Department of
7 Education shall share all data determined by each Department to be
8 necessary to implement and administer the Summer EBT program
9 statewide.
10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
11 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
12 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
13 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
14 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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