Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WILLIAM W. SPEARMAN
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS
District 20 (Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson and Quijano
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation of $800,000 to DOH to implement electronic benefits transfer system for Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, P.L.2021, c.133.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, there is appropriated the following sum for the purpose specified:
|
46 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 20 Physical and Mental Health 21 Health Services DIRECT STATE SERVICES |
||||
|
02-4220 |
Family Health Services ........................................................ |
$800,000 |
||
|
|
Total Direct State Services Appropriation, Health Services |
$800,000 |
||
|
Direct State Services: |
|
|
||
|
02 |
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program....... |
($800,000) |
|
|
The Department of Health shall utilize the funds hereinabove appropriated to implement the use of electronic benefit transfer cards by persons participating in the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would make a supplemental appropriation for State Fiscal Year 2022 of $800,000 to the Department of Health (DOH). The bill would direct the DOH to utilize the funds to implement the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards by persons participating in the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).
The federally funded SFMNP helps provide locally grown unprepared fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs to eligible seniors 60 years of age or older. Qualified seniors receive five $5 checks during the growing season to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at participating roadside stands and community farmers markets across the State.