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HR 3053 · in committee · niche

WIC Collaboration Study Act

What this bill does

  • The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study whether sharing data between WIC, SNAP, and Medicaid agencies could boost WIC enrollment.
  • State welfare agencies administering nutrition and health programs for low-income women, infants, and children are affected.
  • No direct cost specified; the study will examine potential collaboration mechanisms to increase program participation.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might sharing enrollment data across WIC, SNAP, and Medicaid affect privacy concerns for low-income families already participating in these programs?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that data-sharing barriers—rather than other factors like awareness or application complexity—are the main reason eligible families don't enroll in WIC?

  3. 03

    If the GAO study recommends data-sharing, what safeguards would need to exist to prevent agencies from using shared information for purposes beyond enrollment outreach?

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Sponsor · D-NJ-12

Bonnie Watson Coleman

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Introduced 2025-04-28

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-04-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-04-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. 2025-04-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-04-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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