Assembly Bill A379

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children relating to specialty formula

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A379 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1067
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2507, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2016 (as proposed in S.8077 & A.9648-A)

2017-A379 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children relating to specialty formula; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

2017-A379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    379
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to access to the
   special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children
   and specialty formula; and to amend a chapter  of  the  laws  of  2016
   amending  the  public  health  law  relating  to access to the special
   supplemental nutrition program for women,  infants  and  children,  as
   proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.   8077 and A. 9648-A, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2507 of the public health law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2016 amending  the  public  health  law  relating  to
 access  to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants
 and children, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  8077  and  A.
 9648-A, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2507. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and
 children; specialty [infant] formula.
   1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
   (a) "WIC" shall mean the special supplemental  nutrition  program  for
 women, infants and children;
   (b) "WIC FOOD vendor" shall mean a [vendor which has a contract] BUSI-
 NESS ENTITY THAT OPERATES A RETAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY
 THE  DEPARTMENT to sell products covered by WIC to individuals under the
 WIC program; and
   (c) "Specialty [infant] formula" shall mean [infant  formula  that  is
 prescribed  for a specific medical condition, for which medical documen-
 tation may be required, under regulations of the  commissioner]  SPECIF-
 ICALLY  FORMULATED  NUTRITION  PRODUCTS PRESCRIBED FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE
 WIC PARTICIPANTS WITH QUALIFYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07085-01-7

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