Sec. 4007. Technology modernization for retail food stores
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Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(h) ) (as amended by section 4015(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall approve retail food stores to redeem benefits through electronic means other than wired point of sale devices for electronic benefit transfer transactions, if the retail food stores— establish recipient protections regarding privacy, ease of use, access, and support similar to the protections provided for transactions made in retail food stores; bear the costs of obtaining, installing, and maintaining mobile technologies, including mechanisms needed to process EBT cards and transaction fees; demonstrate the foods purchased with benefits issued under this section through mobile technologies are purchased at a price not higher than the price of the same food purchased by other methods used by the retail food store, as determined by the Secretary; provide adequate documentation for each authorized transaction, as determined by the Secretary; and meet other criteria as established by the Secretary.
Before authorizing implementation of subparagraph
(A)in all States, the Secretary shall pilot the use of mobile technologies determined by the Secretary to be appropriate to test the feasibility and implications for program integrity, by allowing retail food stores to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through mobile transactions. To be eligible to participate in a demonstration project under clause (i), a retail food store shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that includes— a description of the technology; the manner by which the retail food store will provide proof of the transaction to households; the provision of data to the Secretary, consistent with requirements established by the Secretary, in a manner that allows the Secretary to evaluate the impact of the demonstration on participant access, ease of use, and program integrity; and such other criteria as the Secretary may require. The demonstration projects under this subparagraph shall be completed and final reports submitted to the Secretary by not later than July 1, 2015. The Secretary shall— by not later than January 1, 2016, authorize implementation of subparagraph
(A)in all States, unless the Secretary makes a finding, based on the data provided under subparagraph (B), that implementation in all States is not in the best interest of the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and if the determination made in clause
(i)is not to implement subparagraph
(A)in all States, submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that includes the basis of the finding. . Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to paragraph (4), the Secretary shall approve retail food stores to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through on-line transactions. A retail food store seeking to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through on-line transactions shall— establish recipient protections regarding privacy, ease of use, access, and support similar to the protections provided for transactions made in retail food stores; ensure benefits are not used to pay delivery, ordering, convenience, or other fees or charges; clearly notify participating households at the time a food order is placed— of any delivery, ordering, convenience, or other fee or charge associated with the food purchase; and that any such fee cannot be paid with benefits provided under this Act; ensure the security of on-line transactions by using the most effective technology available that the Secretary considers appropriate and cost-effective and that is comparable to the security of transactions at retail food stores; and meet other criteria as established by the Secretary. Each State agency shall ensure that recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance can use benefits on-line as described in this subsection as appropriate. Before the Secretary authorizes implementation of paragraph
(1)in all States, the Secretary shall carry out a number of demonstration projects as determined by the Secretary to test the feasibility of allowing retail food stores to accept benefits through on-line transactions. To be eligible to participate in a demonstration project under subparagraph (A), a retail food store shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that includes— a method of ensuring that benefits may be used to purchase only eligible items under this Act; a description of the method of educating participant households about the availability and operation of on-line purchasing; adequate testing of the on-line purchasing option prior to implementation; the provision of data as requested by the Secretary for purposes of analyzing the impact of the project on participant access, ease of use, and program integrity; reports on progress, challenges, and results, as determined by the Secretary; and such other criteria, including security criteria, as established by the Secretary. The demonstration projects under this paragraph shall be completed and final reports submitted to the Secretary by not later than July 1, 2015. The Secretary shall— by not later than January 1, 2016, authorize implementation of paragraph
(1)in all States, unless the Secretary makes a finding, based on the data provided under paragraph (4), that implementation in all States is not in the best interest of the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and if the determination made in subparagraph
(A)is not to implement in all States, submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that includes the basis of the finding. . Section 7(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(b) ) is amended by striking purchase food in retail food stores and inserting purchase food from retail food stores . Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2019 ) is amended in the first sentence by inserting retail food stores authorized to accept and redeem benefits through on-line transactions shall be authorized to accept benefits prior to the delivery of food if the delivery occurs within a reasonable time of the purchase, as determined by the Secretary, after food so purchased, . Nothing in this section or an amendment made by this section alter any requirements of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ) unless specifically authorized in this section or an amendment made by this section.
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