Bill Text: CT SB00233 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 233 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Dollar Value Of Farmers' Market Voucher Books For Senior Citizens.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-11 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB00233 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00233-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 233*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 483
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)

AN ACT INCREASING THE DOLLAR VALUE OF FARMERS' MARKET VOUCHER BOOKS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22-6q of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(a) There is established the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program which shall be provided for from funds available to the commissioner and from other sources as such funds may become available. The program shall supply Connecticut-grown fresh produce to senior participants through the distribution of vouchers that are redeemable only at designated Connecticut farmers' markets. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish the dollar value of voucher books, provided such value shall not be less than twenty-five dollars' worth of vouchers for each senior participant. For purposes of this section, a "senior participant" is defined as a person who is sixty years of age or older and is currently residing in elderly housing, or is a participant of a registered congregate meal site, or has been identified by a municipal elderly agent as being at nutritional risk. The program is designed to provide both a supplemental source of fresh produce for the dietary needs of seniors who are judged to be at nutritional risk and to stimulate an increased demand for Connecticut-grown produce at Connecticut farmers' markets.

Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2018) The sum of two hundred eighty-two thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, to increase the dollar value of Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program voucher books to twenty-five dollars per senior participant and to ensure that a sufficient number of vouchers are available.