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A11253 Summary:

BILL NO	A11253
SAME AS	SAME AS S00806
SPONSOR	Rules (Crespo)
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §206, Pub Health L
Requires regulations to notify vendors of WIC reimbursement discrepancies and the reason for such discrepancy; prohibits fees for rejected or bounced checks; relates to a method for collecting the difference between the total submitted for reimbursement and the authorized value of the WIC check.

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A11253 Actions:

BILL NO	A11253
06/19/2018	referred to health

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A11253 Committee Votes:

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A11253 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          11253
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 19, 2018
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Crespo) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  regu-
          lations  to  establish  a  method of notification of WIC reimbursement
          discrepancies and the reason for such discrepancy and  prohibits  fees
          for rejected or bounced WIC checks

          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 two new paragraphs (w) and (x) to read as follows:
     3    (w) By rule and regulation, establish a method in which the department
     4  notifies  vendors  authorized to participate in the Special Supplemental
     5  Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (hereinafter referred to in
     6  this subdivision as the "WIC"), of a discrepancy in the presentment of a
     7  WIC check for reimbursement submitted by the vendor and the  reason  for
     8  such discrepancy.
     9    (x)  By  rule  and regulation establish a method whereby the vendor is
    10  responsible only for the difference  between  the  total  submitted  for
    11  reimbursement  and  the authorized value of the WIC check. Vendors shall
    12  not be responsible to pay a fee for rejected or bounced WIC checks.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00037-01-7

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