Requires regulations to notify vendors of WIC reimbursement discrepancies and the reason for such discrepancy; prohibits fees for rejected or bounced checks; relates to a method for collecting the difference between the total submitted for reimbursement and the authorized value of the WIC check.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11253
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 19, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Crespo) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring regu-
lations to establish a method of notification of WIC reimbursement
discrepancies and the reason for such discrepancy and prohibits fees
for rejected or bounced WIC checks
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is
amended by adding two new paragraphs (w) and (x) to read as follows:
(W) BY RULE AND REGULATION, ESTABLISH A METHOD IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT
NOTIFIES VENDORS AUTHORIZED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL
FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IN
THIS SUBDIVISION AS THE "WIC"), OF A DISCREPANCY IN THE PRESENTMENT OF A
WIC CHECK FOR REIMBURSEMENT SUBMITTED BY THE VENDOR AND THE REASON FOR
SUCH DISCREPANCY.
(X) BY RULE AND REGULATION ESTABLISH A METHOD WHEREBY THE VENDOR IS
RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL SUBMITTED FOR
REIMBURSEMENT AND THE AUTHORIZED VALUE OF THE WIC CHECK. VENDORS SHALL
NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY A FEE FOR REJECTED OR BOUNCED WIC CHECKS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00037-01-7
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