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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           64
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  establishing  a
          statewide  restaurant meals program as part of the supplemental nutri-
          tion assistance program
 
          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 11 to read as follows:
     3    11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,
     4  the  office shall establish a statewide restaurant meals program as part
     5  of SNAP. Under  the  restaurant  meals  program,  households  containing
     6  elderly  or  disabled members, and their spouses, as defined in 7 U.S.C.
     7  2012(j), or homeless individuals, as defined in 7 U.S.C.  2012(l), shall
     8  have the option in accordance with 7 U.S.C. 2012(k) to redeem their SNAP
     9  benefits at private establishments that  contract  with  the  office  to
    10  offer meals for eligible individuals at concessional prices subject to 7
    11  U.S.C. 2018(h).
    12    (b)  The  office  shall  adopt  any  rules  necessary to implement the
    13  provisions of this subdivision.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    15  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00116-01-1