A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the department of Health and human services, division of social services, to report annually certain expenditures for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) and temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services (Division), shall post on its Web site and make available by June 30 and December 31 of each year to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the House of Representatives Minority Leader, the President of the Senate, and the Senate Minority Leader a report on certain expenditures for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The report, at a minimum, shall include each of the following:
(1)	The dollar amount and number of transactions of SNAP benefits accessed or expended out‑of‑state, by state.
(2)	The dollar amount and number of transactions of TANF benefits accessed or expended out‑of‑state, by state.
(3)	The dollar amount, number of transactions, and times of transactions of SNAP benefits accessed or expended in this State, by retailer, institution, or location.
(4)	The dollar amount, number of transactions, and times of transactions of TANF benefits accessed or expended in this State, by retailer, institution, or location.
SECTION 1.(b)  The Division shall properly redact any information subject to reporting under subsection (a) of this section to prevent identification of individual recipients of SNAP or TANF benefits.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.