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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8384
IN SENATE
May 21, 2020
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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.
LBD16407-02-0
