Bill Text: NY A05091 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits WIC food vendors to submit to the department of health its current shelf price for any WIC food item that experiences low fluctuation in price and market value and a high incidence of WIC check discrepancies for approval of such price under WIC.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A05091 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5091
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, PICHARDO -- 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.
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