assembly Bill A10673

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries and relates to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8247 - Signed by Governor


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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 15, 2020 approval memo.46
signed chap.342
Dec 03, 2020 delivered to governor
Jul 23, 2020 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.276
substituted for a10673
Jul 23, 2020 substituted by s8247a
Jul 21, 2020 ordered to third reading rules cal.276
rules report cal.276
reported
Jul 17, 2020 reported referred to rules
Jul 15, 2020 reported referred to ways and means
Jun 24, 2020 referred to social services

Votes

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Jul 22, 2020 - Rules committee Vote

S8247A
19
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committee
19
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Jul 21, 2020 - Social Services committee Vote

S8247A
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: Jul 21, 2020

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A10673 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8247
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§95 & 95-a, Soc Serv L

A10673 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries in accordance with federal laws and regulations and relates to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program.

A10673 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10673

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 24, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  using  supple-
  mental  nutrition  assistance  program  benefits  to  purchase  online
  groceries and to the state supplemental nutrition  assistance  program
  outreach program

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 95 of the  social
services  law  is  relettered  paragraph  (c) and a new paragraph (b) is
added to read as follows:
  (B) THE OFFICE SHALL PROMPTLY SEEK NECESSARY FEDERAL  APPROVAL  NEEDED
TO  ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ALL GROCERY RETAILERS PREPARED TO OFFER
SNAP ONLINE PURCHASING OR SUBSEQUENTLY AVAILABLE PROGRAMS  IN  ORDER  TO
MAXIMIZE AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE FRESH FOOD PURCHASING OPTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE  STATE.  WITHIN  ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, THE OFFICE SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN TO MAXIMIZE SNAP  ONLINE
PURCHASING  OPTIONS  IN  THE STATE. THE OFFICE SHALL PERIODICALLY REVIEW
AND REVISE THE PLAN. THE PLAN, AND ANY UPDATES OF SUCH  PLAN,  SHALL  BE
SUBMITTED  TO  THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE TEMPO-
RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE OFFICE  SHALL  CONTINUE  TO  SEEK  ALL
NECESSARY WAIVERS FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD
AND  NUTRITION  SERVICE, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY FOR THE OFFICE TO CARRY
OUT THE PLAN, PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS.
  § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 95 of
the social services law, as separately amended by chapter 41 and section
3 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (i) May be redeemed for SNAP benefits at designated redemption centers
by  the  recipient  or by an authorized representative. When an eligible
recipient under this section is issued SNAP benefits, such SNAP benefits
may be used to purchase food items from a food distributor by the recip-
ient or by an authorized representative.   RECIPIENTS SHALL BE  ABLE  TO
USE  SNAP  BENEFITS  TO  PURCHASE GROCERIES FROM ELIGIBLE ONLINE GROCERY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets