Requires food distributors that accept SNAP benefits to establish a mechanism to apply available coupons or discounts to purchases made by eligible recipients of SNAP benefits without such recipient being required to provide a physical coupon.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring food
distributors that accept SNAP benefits to establish a mechanism to
apply coupons to purchases made by eligible recipients of SNAP bene-
fits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 95 of the social services law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
3 12. (a) Any food distributor that accepts SNAP benefits shall estab-
4 lish a mechanism to apply any available coupons or discounts to
5 purchases made by eligible recipients of SNAP benefits.
6 (b) Any such available coupons or discounts shall be automatically
7 applied when a customer makes a purchase using SNAP. An eligible recipi-
8 ent of SNAP benefits shall not be required to provide a physical coupon
9 in order to receive the discount from such coupon.
10 § 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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