Bill Text: NY S00806 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires regulations to notify vendors of WIC reimbursement discrepancies and the reason for such discrepancy; prohibits fees for rejected or bounced checks; relates to a method for collecting the difference between the total submitted for reimbursement and the authorized value of the WIC check.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-13 - referred to health [S00806 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00806-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           806
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- 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 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.
                                                                   LBD00037-01-7