Bill Text: NY S00878 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to working with the USDA to receive approvals and develop online fresh food purchasing options throughout the state; adds a repeal date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-01-28 - SIGNED CHAP.15 [S00878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00878-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           878

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to working with the
          USDA to receive approvals and develop  online  fresh  food  purchasing
          options  throughout  the  state; and to amend a chapter of the laws of
          2020 amending the social services law relating to  using  supplemental
          nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries and
          to  the  state  supplemental  nutrition  assistance  program  outreach
          program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  8247-A  and  A.
          10673, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 95 of the  social
     2  services  law,  as  added  by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the
     3  social services law relating to using supplemental nutrition  assistance
     4  program  benefits  to purchase online groceries and to the state supple-
     5  mental nutrition assistance program outreach  program,  as  proposed  in
     6  legislative  bills numbers S. 8247-A and A. 10673, is amended to read as
     7  follows:
     8    (b) [The] Subject to an online food purchasing program operated by the
     9  United States department of  agriculture,  food  and  nutrition  service
    10  (USDA),  the  office shall promptly seek any necessary [federal approval
    11  needed to enter into an agreement with all grocery retailers prepared to
    12  offer  SNAP  online  purchasing  or  subsequently  available   programs]
    13  approvals  from  the  USDA  in  order to maximize availability of online
    14  fresh food purchasing options throughout the state. Within  one  hundred
    15  eighty days after the effective date of this paragraph, the office shall
    16  work  with  the  USDA  to  develop  a  plan seeking to maximize retailer
    17  participation in the USDA's SNAP online purchasing [options] program  in
    18  the  state. The office shall periodically review the plan and revise the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07164-01-1
        S. 878                              2

     1  plan as necessary. The plan, and any updates  of  such  plan,  shall  be
     2  submitted  to  the governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the tempo-
     3  rary president of the senate. The office  shall  continue  to  seek  all
     4  necessary  waivers  from  the  [United States department of agriculture,
     5  food and nutrition service] USDA,  to  the  extent  necessary  [for  the
     6  office  to  carry out the plan, pursuant to federal law and regulations]
     7  to implement the program.
     8    § 2. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2020  amending  the  social
     9  services law relating to using supplemental nutrition assistance program
    10  benefits  to  purchase  online  groceries  and to the state supplemental
    11  nutrition assistance program outreach program, as proposed  in  legisla-
    12  tive  bills  numbers  S.  8247-A  and  A.  10673,  is amended to read as
    13  follows:
    14    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    15  deemed repealed three years after such effective date.
    16    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    17  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the social services law
    18  relating to using supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits  to
    19  purchase  online  groceries  and  to  the  state  supplemental nutrition
    20  assistance program outreach program, as proposed  in  legislative  bills
    21  numbers S. 8247-A and A. 10673, takes effect.