1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Senior Hunger Prevention Act of 2023 . 2. Improving efficacy of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (a) Certification period Section 3(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(f) ) is amended in the second sentence by striking 24 and inserting 36 . (b) 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) in subparagraph (A), by striking an excess medical and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a standard medical deduction or a medical expense deduction of actual costs for the allowable medical expenses incurred by the elderly or disabled member, exclusive of special diets. ; (3) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking excess ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (D) Standard medical expense deduction amount (i) In general Except as provided in clause (ii), the standard medical expense deduction shall be— (I) for fiscal year 2024, $155