Bill Text: NY A10697 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Instructs the office of temporary and disability assistance to apply for a waiver from the federal government to allow for the purchase of multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements with benefits through SNAP.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-21 - tabled [A10697 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10697-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10697 IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the purchase of multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements with benefits through SNAP The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 95 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. (a) The office shall apply for a waiver from the federal govern- 4 ment which would allow for the purchase of multivitamin-mineral dietary 5 supplements with benefits through the supplemental nutrition assistance 6 program. The waiver shall be filed within ninety days of the effective 7 date of this subdivision. 8 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "multivitamin-mineral dietary 9 supplements" means a substance that: 10 (i) provides at least half of the vitamins and minerals for which the 11 National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes, at 12 least fifty percent or more of the daily serving as determined by the 13 food and drug administration; and 14 (ii) does not exceed the tolerable upper intake levels as determined 15 by the National Academy of Medicine. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15698-01-8