STATE OF NEW YORK
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1262
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 8, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to working with the
USDA to receive approvals and develop online fresh food purchasing
options throughout the state; and to amend a chapter of the laws of
2020 amending the social services law relating to using supplemental
nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries and
to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach
program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8247-A and A.
10673, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 95 of the social
2 services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the
3 social services law relating to using supplemental nutrition assistance
4 program benefits to purchase online groceries and to the state supple-
5 mental nutrition assistance program outreach program, as proposed in
6 legislative bills numbers S. 8247-A and A. 10673, is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 (b) [The] Subject to an online food purchasing program operated by the
9 United States department of agriculture, food and nutrition service
10 (USDA), the office shall promptly seek any necessary [federal approval
11 needed to enter into an agreement with all grocery retailers prepared to
12 offer SNAP online purchasing or subsequently available programs]
13 approvals from the USDA in order to maximize availability of online
14 fresh food purchasing options throughout the state. Within one hundred
15 eighty days after the effective date of this paragraph, the office shall
16 work with the USDA to develop a plan seeking to maximize retailer
17 participation in the USDA's SNAP online purchasing [options] program in
18 the state. The office shall periodically review the plan and revise the
19 plan as necessary. The plan, and any updates of such plan, shall be
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 submitted to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the tempo-
2 rary president of the senate. The office shall continue to seek all
3 necessary waivers from the [United States department of agriculture,
4 food and nutrition service] USDA, to the extent necessary [for the
5 office to carry out the plan, pursuant to federal law and regulations]
6 to implement the program.
7 § 2. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social
8 services law relating to using supplemental nutrition assistance program
9 benefits to purchase online groceries and to the state supplemental
10 nutrition assistance program outreach program, as proposed in legisla-
11 tive bills numbers S. 8247-A and A. 10673, is amended to read as
12 follows:
13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
14 deemed repealed three years after such effective date.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
16 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social services law
17 relating to using supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to
18 purchase online groceries and to the state supplemental nutrition
19 assistance program outreach program, as proposed in legislative bills
20 numbers S. 8247-A and A. 10673, takes effect.