Bill Text: NY S08384 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives certain requirements of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children during a state of emergency declared as a result of a public health crisis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-21 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08384 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08384-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8384

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 21, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
          commissioner  of  health  to waive certain requirements of the special
          supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children  during
          a state of emergency declared as a result of a public health crisis

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public  health  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
     3    (w)  during  a  state  of  emergency  declared as a result of a public
     4  health crisis, waive certain requirements of  the  special  supplemental
     5  nutrition  program  for  women, infants and children, including, but not
     6  limited to:
     7    (i) the requirement that the monthly allowances  available  under  the
     8  program  expire  each month and provide that any unused portions of such
     9  allowances may carry over from month to month;
    10    (ii) the current monthly monetary limit  for  the  purchase  of  fresh
    11  fruits  and vegetables and provide for an increase in the amount of such
    12  monetary limit of not less than sixty percent; and
    13    (iii) any other requirements of  the  program  that  the  commissioner
    14  deems  necessary  to  waive  in  order  to protect the best interests of
    15  eligible individuals receiving allowances under the program.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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