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MO SB538
Bill
Status
1/4/2012
Primary Sponsor
Maria Chappelle-Nadal
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AI Summary
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Repeals and reenacts section 191.807, RSMo, relating to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Special Supplemental Food Program.
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Authorizes state supplemental funding for WIC with a goal to achieve 100 percent coverage of all eligible women and children by 2002, subject to appropriations.
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Sets aside 1 percent of state supplemental WIC funding for grants to county health offices to extend service hours during evenings or Saturdays, with a maximum of $10,000 per county and a three-year limit per county.
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Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to broaden the WIC-approved foods list to include a wider variety of kosher foods currently excluded due to failing to meet established federal nutrition content and price criteria.
Legislative Description
Requires, subject to appropriations, an expansion of the variety of kosher foods approved under the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Special Supplemental Food Program
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee
1/5/2012