Sponsored by:
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator DAWN MARIE ADDIEGO
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Provides for temporary approval of WIC vendor applications if the applicant currently operates another approved program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The WIC Services Unit in the Department of Health shall temporarily authorize a vendor that applies to participate in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children at a particular site if the applicant is approved to operate at another site and has not been deficient in its participation as specified by State and federal law and regulation.
The WIC Services Unit shall grant the temporary authorization within 14 days of the completion of the initial review of the site by the WIC Services Unit. The temporary authorization shall be valid until the vendor's application is approved or disapproved.
The WIC Services Unit shall not issue a temporary authorization where doing so would be contrary to federal regulations or would jeopardize federal financial participation.
2. The Commissioner of Health may adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), in order to effectuate the purposes of this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the WIC Services Unit in the Department of Health to temporarily authorize a vendor that applies to participate in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) at a particular site if the applicant is approved to operate at another site.
The temporary authorization is to be granted within 14 days of the completion of the initial review of the site by the WIC Services Unit, and is to be valid until the vendor's application is approved or disapproved.
The WIC Services Unit is not to issue a temporary authorization where doing so would be contrary to federal regulations or would jeopardize federal financial participation.