Vermont Statutes · § 1703 — Changes to program administration

(a)(1) The Department shall report to the Chairs of the House Committee on Human Services and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and any interested stakeholders within 30 days after any substantive change in the federal law governing SNAP that:

(A) restricts or improves eligibility;

(B) increases or reduces barriers or creates or eliminates hardships to access; or

(C) inhibits or increases benefit usage.

(2) Within 90 days after a change described pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Department shall provide an analysis to the Chairs of any anticipated administrative costs to the Department and any impacts on SNAP applicants and participants as a result of the change.

(b) The Commissioner may convene a meeting of interested stakeholders to discuss a change listed in subsection (a) of this section.