[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2432 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2432

   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the medical 
               expense deduction, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

  Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
  Wyden, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the medical 
               expense deduction, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bridging the SNAP Gap Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. AGE FOR EXCLUSIONS FROM INCOME.

    Section 5(d)(7) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(d)(7)) is amended by striking ``17'' and inserting ``21''.

SEC. 3. STANDARD MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION.

    Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(e)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Excess'' and 
        inserting ``Standard'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``containing an elderly or disabled 
                member'';
                    (B) by striking ``excess'' and inserting 
                ``standard''; and
                    (C) by striking ``incurred by the elderly or 
                disabled member,'';
            (3) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``excess'' and 
                inserting ``standard''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``eligible 
                elderly or disabled''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Standard medical expense deduction amount.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), the standard medical expense 
                        deduction under subparagraph (A) shall be, with 
                        respect to a fiscal year, equal to the monthly 
                        premium rate determined under section 
                        1839(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 1395r(a)(3)) that is applicable on 
                        October 1 of that fiscal year.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--For any fiscal year, a 
                        State agency may establish a greater standard 
                        medical expense deduction than described in 
                        clause (i) if the greater deduction satisfies 
                        cost neutrality standards established by the 
                        Secretary for that fiscal year.''.
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