1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Standard Medical Expense Deduction Act of 2017 . 2. Standard medical expense deduction Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5) ) is amended— (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking Excess medical and inserting Medical ; (2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) Standard medical deduction (i) In general Subject to clause (ii), a household containing an elderly or disabled member shall be entitled, with respect to expenses other than expenses paid on behalf of the household by a third party— (I) if the amount of actual costs of allowable medical expenses incurred by the elderly or disabled member for a month, exclusive of special diets, is equal to or greater than $35, to a standard medical deduction for each month of an amount equal to— (aa) for fiscal year 2018, $140; and (bb) for fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year, the applicable amount during the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-month period ending the preceding June 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Medical Care published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor; or (II) if the amount of actual costs of allowable medical expenses incurred by the elderly or disabled member for a month, exclusive of special diets, is greater than the sum of the amount of that standard medical deduction and $35, to a deduction equal to the amount of those actual costs. (ii) Effect on State authority to adjust standard medical deduction Nothing in this subparagraph precludes— (I) a State that has an approved standard medical deduction as of the date of enactment of the SNAP Standard Medical Expense Deduction Act of 2017 in an amount that is greater than the amount of the standard medical deduction described in item (aa) or (bb) of clause (i)(I), as applicable, from continuing in effect that standard medical deduction