2025 SESSION

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE

25108336D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1723

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Governor

on March 24, 2025)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Price)

A BILL to direct the Department of Social Services to convene a work group to evaluate methods to improve access to and maximize participation in federal public assistance programs; report.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Social Services (the Department) shall convene a work group to evaluate methods to improve access to and maximize participation in federal public assistance programs, including improving assistance through Virginia CommonHelp, and improving food access and food security. The Department shall report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2025.