Bill Text: CT HB05216 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Increasing Subsidized Farmers' Market Coupons For Senior Citizens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Aging [HB05216 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05216-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 5216 |
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February Session, 2016 |
LCO No. 1028 | ||||
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Referred to Committee on AGING |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. REP. PORTER, 94th Dist. |
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist. REP. ESPOSITO, 116th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. | ||||
AN ACT INCREASING SUBSIDIZED FARMERS' MARKET COUPONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 22-6q of the general statutes be amended to increase funding for the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program in order to increase the amount of the vouchers issued under said program from eighteen dollars to twenty-five dollars.
Statement of Purpose:
To enable senior citizens to have greater access to nutritional foods.