Bill Text: OR HB2992 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon House Bill 2992 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to supplemental assistance for the purchase of food directly from farmers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-8)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Chapter 92, (2013 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2014. [HB2992 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2992-Enrolled.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 2992

Sponsored by Representatives UNGER, GALLEGOS, Senator KNOPP;
  Representatives BAILEY, BUCKLEY, CLEM, FREDERICK, GOMBERG,
  GORSEK, HOLVEY, HOYLE, HUFFMAN, KOMP, KRIEGER, MATTHEWS,
  MCKEOWN, PARRISH, READ, REARDON, THOMPSON, VEGA PEDERSON, WITT,
  Senators BATES, BOQUIST, CLOSE, DEVLIN, EDWARDS, MONNES
  ANDERSON, PROZANSKI, ROBLAN, STARR, STEINER HAYWARD

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to supplemental assistance for the purchase of food
  directly from farmers.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Oregon Health Authority, in partnership
with the State Department of Agriculture, is authorized to
operate a Farm Direct Nutrition Program to provide supplemental
assistance to participants in the Women, Infants and Children
Program established by ORS 413.500 for the purchase of fresh,
unprocessed, locally grown fruits, vegetables and herbs from
farmers' markets or roadside stands.
  (2) The authority, in partnership with the department, is
authorized to operate a Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program to
provide supplemental assistance to individuals who are 60 years
of age or older and who receive medical assistance under ORS
chapter 414 or supplemental nutrition assistance under ORS
411.806 to 411.845, to purchase fresh, unprocessed, locally grown
fruits, vegetables and herbs from farmers' markets or roadside
stands.
  (3) The authority shall adopt by rule procedures and
eligibility criteria for the Farm Direct Nutrition Program and
the Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program to permit the state to
receive grants from the United States Department of Agriculture
through the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program described in 7
C.F.R. part 248 and the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
described in 7 C.F.R. part 249. + }
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Passed by House March 26, 2013

    .............................................................
                             Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate May 2, 2013

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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