Assembly Bill A5304

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children

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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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2019-A5304 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2507, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9647
2017-2018: A5091, A11253

2019-A5304 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits WIC food vendors to submit to the department of health its current shelf price for any WIC food item that experiences low fluctuation in price and market value and a high incidence of WIC check discrepancies for approval of such price under WIC.

2019-A5304 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5304
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PICHARDO
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a special supple-
   mental nutrition program for women, infants and children
 
   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 amended by chap-
 ter 12 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2507. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and
 children[; specialty 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" OR "VENDOR" shall mean a business 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 formula" shall mean specifically  formulated  nutrition
 products prescribed for medically fragile WIC participants with qualify-
 ing medical conditions[.];
   (D)  "WIC  FOOD  ITEM"  SHALL  MEAN  FOOD  ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE
 THROUGH THE WIC PROGRAM; AND
   (E) "WIC CHECK" SHALL MEAN  A  CHECK,  VOUCHER,  OR  OTHER  NEGOTIABLE
 INSTRUMENT  THAT CAN BE REDEEMED BY A WIC RECIPIENT AT A WIC FOOD VENDER
 FOR FOOD ITEMS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WIC PROGRAM.
   2. Every WIC food vendor shall  be  authorized  to  sell  any  product
 covered  under  WIC, including specialty formula, in accordance with the
 WIC vendor type as designated by  the  department,  unless  specifically
 limited or barred by the commissioner pursuant to state or federal regu-
 lations.   The commissioner is authorized to establish criteria defining
 which WIC food vendors can sell specialty  formula.  Any  such  criteria

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

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