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Resolve, To Expand the Use of the Women, Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program at Farmers' Markets
Sec. 1 Commissioner of Health and Human Services to amend rules regarding the Women, Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program to expand the program at farmers' markets. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall amend the rules regarding the Women, Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program of the United States Child Nutrition Act of 1966 by expanding the permitted use of the program at farmers' markets to include all 12 months of the calendar year and to remove the limitations on the food products that may be purchased at farmers' markets to permit the purchase of all food products allowed to be purchased through the program in general.
 
SUMMARY
This resolve directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to amend the rules regarding the use of the Women, Infants and Children Special Supplemental Food Program at farmers' markets by expanding the program from seasonal to include all 12 months of the calendar year and by expanding the scope of food products that may be purchased through the program at a farmers' market from only fresh fruits and vegetables to all food products allowed to be purchased through the program in general.