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HR 9144 117th Congress House

SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022

Official title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow households with children with chronic medical conditions to deduct allowable medical expenses incurred by … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow households with children with chronic medical conditions to deduct allowable medical expenses incurred by such household member that exceeds $35 per month.

Introduced: October 7, 2022 Introduced by: Brown, Shontel M. Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Oct 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Oct 7, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 7, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022

This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to allow households with individuals under 18 years of age who have chronic medical conditions to deduct certain medical expenses incurred by the individual from household income when calculating SNAP benefits. Currently, the excess medical expense deduction under SNAP allows households with an elderly or disabled individual to deduct such expenses.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9144: SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9144/
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"H.R. 9144: SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9144/.
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H.R. 9144, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9144/.
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[H.R. 9144: SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9144/)
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