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MI HR0256
Resolution
Status
5/13/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rebekah Warren
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to allow grocery store managers to authorize substitutions for WIC-approved foods when items are unavailable during public health emergencies.
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Notes that over 200,000 Michigan residents rely on the federal WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) program monthly for supplemental nutrition.
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Identifies that COVID-19 pandemic panic-buying has depleted WIC-approved food inventories at some stores, creating risk of nutritional deficiencies for vulnerable low-income families.
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States that current federal regulations prohibit WIC vendors from substituting foods or providing similar items in different package sizes without USDA waivers, preventing emergency flexibility.
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the House, and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to allow grocery store managers to authorize a substitution for a WIC-approved food if the store runs out of the food during a public health emergency.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Families, Children, And Seniors
5/13/2020