Bill Text: NY S08077 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that participants in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children may receive foods from any vendor approved by such program, including infant formula.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-31 - SIGNED CHAP.518 [S08077 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S08077-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8077 IN SENATE June 10, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, ESPAILLAT, ADDABBO, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, DILAN, GOLDEN, LATIMER, PANEPINTO, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2507 to read as follows: 3 § 2507. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and 4 children; specialty infant formula. 5 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: 6 (a) "WIC" shall mean the special supplemental nutrition program for 7 women, infants and children; 8 (b) "WIC vendor" shall mean a vendor which has a contract to sell 9 products covered by WIC to individuals under the WIC program; and 10 (c) "Specialty infant formula" shall mean infant formula that is 11 prescribed for a specific medical condition, for which medical documen- 12 tation may be required, under regulations of the commissioner. 13 2. Every WIC vendor shall be authorized to sell any product covered 14 under WIC, including specialty infant formula, unless specifically 15 limited or barred by the commissioner applying regulations under this 16 section or applicable federal regulations. The commissioner shall not 17 apply arbitrary criteria, or criteria that create unreasonable barriers 18 for WIC participants to access specialty infant formula, and shall only 19 apply criteria that are reasonably related to and consistent with: (a) 20 promoting WIC beneficiary access to specialty infant formula; and (b) 21 administration of WIC with integrity, efficiency and security. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 23 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate- 24 ly, the commissioner of health shall make regulations and take other 25 actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14717-05-6