BILL NUMBER: AB 2280	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2280, as introduced, Lara. California Special Supplemental Food
Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
    Existing law, the California Special Supplemental Food Program
for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), administered by the State
Department of Public Health, provides for the issuance of nutrition
coupons, as defined, to certain low-income women, infants, and
children who have been determined to be at nutritional risk. The WIC
program, which implements a program authorized under existing federal
law, provides for the redemption of nutrition coupons by recipients
at any authorized retail food vendor.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would develop policies that clarify and improve the
activities and practices related to vendor sanctions and
notifications under the WIC program.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would develop policies that clarify and improve the
activities and practices related to vendor sanctions and
notifications under the California Special Supplemental Food Program
for Women, Infants, and Children.