WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8024
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-11
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Food assistance and relief

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill extends authority through September 30, 2021, for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to grant certain waivers to participants under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.</p> <p>Specifically, USDA may </p> <ul> <li>grant waivers allowing participants under WIC to get certified or recertified without being physically present at a WIC clinic;</li> <li>defer anthropometric and bloodwork requirements necessary to determine nutritional risk; and</li> <li>grant waivers from administrative requirements for WIC if it determines that the requirement cannot be met by a state due to COVID-19, and the waiver is necessary to provide assistance under WIC.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8024 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 11, 2020 Ms. Schrier (for herself and Ms. Herrera Beutler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To extend certain waivers under the WIC program during the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020 . 2. Extension of physical presence waiver under WIC during certain public health emergencies Section 2203 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking any portion and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the qualified emergency period described in subsection (c)(1). ; and (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Applicability (1) Qualified emergency period The qualified emergency period described in this paragraph is the period— (A) beginning on March 18, 2020; and (B) ending on September 30, 2021. (2) Effect of extension The Secretary may extend (without further application) a waiver approved by the Secretary and received by a State agency under this section before the date of the enactment of the WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020 such that such waiver applies during the qualified emergency period described in paragraph (1). (3) Sunset The authority under this section shall expire on September 30, 2021. . 3. Extension of administrative requirements waiver under WIC Section 2204 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking September 30, 2020 and inserting September 30, 2021 ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (d) Effect of extension The Secretary of Agriculture may extend (without further application) a waiver approved by the Secretary of Agriculture and received by a State agency under this section before the date of the enactment of the WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020 such that such waiver applies until September 30, 2021. .