Connecticut 2022 Regular Session

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	6	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5337
8	7		February Session, 2022
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING A "CONNECTICUT FOOD IS MEDICINE" TASK
15		-	FORCE AND HEALTHY EATING INCENTIVES.
	20	+	AN ACT CONCERNING A "FOOD IS MEDICINE TASK FORCE" AND
	21	+	HEALTHY EATING INCENTIVES.
16	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	23		Assembly convened:
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19	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a 1
20	26		"Connecticut Food is Medicine" task force to study ways to improve 2
21	27		health outcomes for needy individuals and families through nutritional 3
22	28		assistance. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, establishing 4
23	29		incentives for recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance to 5
24	30		purchase more fresh fruit and vegetables and encouraging more 6
25	31		farmers' markets to participate in nutritional assistance programs. 7
26	32		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 8
27	33		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 9
28	34		one of whom has expertise in nutritional assistance programs and one 10
29	35		of whom has expertise in the health benefits of consuming more fresh 11
30	36		fruit and vegetables; 12
31		-	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 13
	37	+	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 13 Raised Bill No. 5337
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32	43		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 14
33	44		Representatives; 15
34		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 16 Substitute Bill No. 5337
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	45	+	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 16
41	46		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 17
42	47		Representatives; 18
43	48		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 19
44	49		(7) The Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's 20
45	50		designee; 21
46	51		(8) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 22
47	52		designee; 23
48	53		(9) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 24
49	54		designee; 25
50	55		(10) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's 26
51	56		designee; and 27
52	57		(11) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, 28
53	58		Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee. 29
54	59		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivisions (1) to 30
55	60		(6), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 31
56	61		General Assembly. 32
57	62		(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 33
58	63		than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 34
59	64		be filled by the appointing authority. 35
60	65		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 36
61	66		tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 37
62	67		among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 38
63	68		the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 39
64		-	days after the effective date of this section. 40
	69	+	days after the effective date of this section. 40 Raised Bill No. 5337
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65	75		(f) The administrative staff of the Commission on Women, Children, 41
66	76		Seniors, Equity and Opportunity shall serve as administrative staff of 42
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	77	+	the task force. 43
74	78		(g) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report 44
75	79		on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees 45
76	80		of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 46
77	81		children, education, the environment, human services, public health 47
78	82		and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance 48
79	83		with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task 49
80	84		force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 50
81	85		1, 2023, whichever is later. 51
	86	+	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioners of Agriculture, 52
	87	+	Public Health and Social Services, shall, to the extent permissible under 53
	88	+	federal law and within available appropriations, develop a strategy to 54
	89	+	increase the numbers of needy individuals and families who purchase 55
	90	+	fresh fruit and vegetables at farmers' markets. 56
	91	+	(b) The strategy shall include, but not be limited to, the (1) 57
	92	+	establishment of a health incentives program whereby recipients of 58
	93	+	supplemental nutritional assistance receive a match in supplemental 59
	94	+	nutrition assistance dollars for every such dollar they spend on fresh 60
	95	+	vegetables and fruits at farmers' markets; and (2) encouragement of 61
	96	+	expanded enrollment in the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, 62
	97	+	Infants and Children Nutrition Program, as established in section 22-6h 63
	98	+	of the general statutes, by establishing office hours for the program at 64
	99	+	Head Start and other early childhood centers. 65
	100	+	(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioners shall report, in 66
	101	+	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on results of 67
	102	+	implementation of the strategy to the joint standing committees of the 68
	103	+	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, 69
	104	+	education, the environment, human services, public health and 70
	105	+	appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. The report shall 71
	106	+	include, but not be limited to, (1) any increase in sales at farmers' 72 Raised Bill No. 5337
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	112	+	markets related to implementation of the strategy, (2) any increase in 73
	113	+	enrollment in the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and 74
	114	+	Children Nutrition Program, and (3) the fiscal impact on the state of 75
	115	+	implementing the strategy.76
82	116		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
83	117		sections:
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85	119		Section 1 from passage New section
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	122	+	Statement of Purpose:
	123	+	To establish a task force to study ways to expand nutritional assistance
	124	+	and create incentives for healthier eating.
	125	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	126	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	127	+	underlined.]
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