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MO SB198
Bill
Status
1/23/2013
Primary Sponsor
Maria Chappelle-Nadal
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AI Summary
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Repeals and reenacts section 191.807, RSMo relating to state supplemental funding for the WIC program, subject to appropriations, with a goal of 100 percent coverage of eligible women and children by 2002
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Requires one percent of state supplemental WIC funding to be set aside for grants to county health offices to extend service hours during evening hours or Saturdays, with a maximum grant of $10,000 per county and a three-year limit per county
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Directs the department of health and senior services to establish rules and regulations for distributing grants based on county poverty levels and projected participation increases
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Requires the department of health and senior services to broaden approved WIC foods to include a wider variety of kosher foods currently excluded from the WIC food list due to failure to meet 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
Hearing Cancelled S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
4/10/2013