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Code of Virginia · § 63.2-505.2 — Eligibility for food stamps; drug-related felonies

63.2-505.2. Eligibility for food stamps; drug-related felonies

A person who is otherwise eligible to receive food stamp benefits shall be exempt from the application of § 115(a) of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, P.L. 104-193, and shall not be denied such assistance solely because he has been convicted of a drug-related felony.

History and annotations

2005, c. 576; 2020, cc. 221, 361.

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