New York S 873: Establishes a healthy savings pilot program

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S00873 Summary:

BILL NOS00873 

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SPONSORBAILEY

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Add Art 2 Title 9 §269-c, Pub Health L

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Establishes a healthy savings pilot program within three cities where those in the program can receive discounts on healthier food choices at grocery stores and supermarkets.

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BILL NOS00873 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 873

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
 healthy savings pilot program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 2 new title 9 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE IX
 4 HEALTHY SAVINGS PILOT PROGRAM
 5 Section 269-c. Healthy savings pilot program.
 6 § 269-c. Healthy savings pilot program. 1. There shall be established
 7 in the department, by the commissioner, a healthy savings pilot program
 8 designed to reduce food insecurity and health inequity through the use
 9 of discounts on healthier food choices at grocery stores and supermar-
 10 kets.
 11 2. The department shall, through its own means or by partnering with a
 12 company which implements healthy savings initiatives, create a pilot
 13 program which meets the following specifications:
 14 (a) at least one million people shall have access to the program
 15 across the state;
 16 (b) the program shall have a companion phone application and website
 17 for showing which healthy food items are being offered at a discount at
 18 that time and where they can be purchased;
 19 (c) discount cards shall be issued to those who apply for the program
 20 which facilitate the purchase of healthy food items at a discount;
 21 (d) discounts in participating grocery stores and supermarkets shall
 22 be on at least the healthiest quarter of items sold in such location as
 23 determined by the commissioner; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02056-01-5

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 1 (e) the program shall be implemented in sections of three cities where
 2 food insecurity and health inequity are a health issue.
 3 3. The department shall pursue available funding and cost reduction
 4 options and make efforts to establish a public-private partnership with
 5 grocery stores, supermarkets, and organizations that promote healthy
 6 food choices.
 7 4. The department shall be responsible for monitoring the quality,
 8 appropriateness and effectiveness of the program and shall report to the
 9 legislature within one year of the effective date of this section, and
 10 on January first of each year thereafter, on the program's effective-
 11 ness.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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