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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 560 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT INCREASING THE VALUE OF FARMERS' MARKET |
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| 15 | 15 | | VOUCHER BOOKS FOR SE NIOR CITIZENS. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 17 | 17 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22-6q of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1, 2019): 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) There is established the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Nutrition Program which shall be provided for from funds available to 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the commissioner and from other sources as such funds may become 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | available. The program shall supply Connecticut-grown fresh produce 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to senior participants through the distribution of vouchers that are 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | redeemable only at designated Connecticut farmers' markets. The 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish the dollar value of voucher 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | books, provided such value shall not be less than fifty dollars' worth of 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | vouchers for each senior participant. For purposes of this section, a 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | "senior participant" is defined as a person who is sixty years of age or 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | older and is currently residing in [elderly] housing for elderly persons, 14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | or is a participant of a registered congregate meal site, or has been 15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | identified by a municipal [elderly] agent for elderly persons as being at 16 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nutritional risk. The program is designed to provide both a 17 |
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| 36 | 36 | | supplemental source of fresh produce for the dietary needs of [seniors] 18 |
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| 37 | 37 | | senior participants who are judged to be at nutritional risk and to 19 Substitute Bill No. 560 |
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