Bill Text: OR HB2974 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2974 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2974-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 267

                         House Bill 2974

Sponsored by Representative HUNT; Representatives DEMBROW,
  DOHERTY, HOYLE, J SMITH (at the request of Hunger Relief Task
  Force) (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to operate Farm Direct
Nutrition Program to enable participants in Women, Infants and
Children Program to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or
roadside stands. Authorizes Department of Human Services to
operate Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable low income
seniors to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside
stands.

                        A BILL FOR 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 409.600 for the purchase of fresh,
unprocessed, locally grown fruits, vegetables and herbs from
farmers' markets or roadside stands.
  (2) The authority shall adopt by rule procedures and
eligibility criteria for the 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. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Department of Human Services, in
partnership with the State Department of Agriculture, 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.
  (2) The Department of Human Services shall adopt by rule
procedures and eligibility criteria for the Senior Farm Direct
Nutrition Program to permit the state to receive grants from the
United States Department of Agriculture through the Senior
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program described in 7 C.F.R. part
249. + }
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