HB 2144 -- Supplemental Food Stamp Assistance Sponsor: Whorton This bill authorizes the Family Support Division within the Department of Social Services to assist elderly individuals who qualify for the federal Food Stamp Program in obtaining supplemental food stamps. Subject to appropriations, households of one or two elderly individuals who are at least 65 years of age will be entitled to receive supplemental assistance. Qualified households consisting of one eligible elderly individual will receive supplemental assistance; however, the benefit combined with the aid the individual receives under the federal program cannot exceed $30 per month. Qualified households of two eligible elderly individuals cannot receive combined assistance exceeding $60 per month. The provisions of the bill will expire August 28, 2010.