130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 287
H.P. 203 House of Representatives, February 1, 2021
An Act To Require Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards To Be
Printed with the Beneficiary's Photograph
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 28, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CONNOR of Lewiston.
Cosponsored by Representative: DUCHARME of Madison.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §24, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. NNNNNNN, §7, is
3 amended to read:
4 §24. Photographs on electronic benefits transfer cards
5 The commissioner shall place a photograph of a recipient of benefits under a program
6 specified in section 22 on the recipient's electronic benefits transfer card if agreed to in
7 writing by the recipient. When a recipient of benefits is a minor or incapacitated individual,
8 the commissioner may place a photograph of the recipient's parent or legal guardian on the
9 EBT card if agreed to in writing by that parent or legal guardian.
10 SUMMARY
11 This bill removes the requirement that a recipient of an electronic benefits transfer card
12 must agree in writing for the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to place a
13 photograph of the recipient on the card.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 287, HP 203: 22.24