A. Examine and, if feasible, seek a waiver or grant of demonstration authority from the federal Department of Agriculture to continue to use the SNAP standard utility allowance in determining the amount of SNAP benefits available to households that previously qualified for that allowance solely by reason of receipt of low-income home energy assistance benefits;   [PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. OO, §15 (AMD).]

B. Determine, in cooperation with all appropriate entities operating publicly subsidized housing programs, a method of providing individualized bills or appropriate documentation for tenants in subsidized housing that would identify the tenants' shares of incurred heating costs, if doing so would qualify these tenants for the SNAP standard utility allowance;   [PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. OO, §15 (AMD).]

C. Determine if federal law would permit the use of the standard utility allowance by households that previously qualified for that allowance solely on the basis of receipt of low-income home energy assistance benefits and implement that section of law if doing so would not result in any increase in the households' rent and energy costs or any reduction in SNAP allotments to either those households or any other households receiving SNAP benefits; and   [PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. OO, §15 (AMD).]

D. If none of the alternatives listed in paragraphs A to C result in making the SNAP standard utility allowance available to households that had received it before the change in federal law, immediately estimate the General Fund cost of providing allotments to affected households in an amount equal to the amount they would have received had the federal law not been amended, and promptly provide that information to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over human resources matters.   [PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. OO, §15 (AMD).]