WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2021
Summary
WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain a publicly available, searchable database that contains solicitations for infant formula bids under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Under current law, state agencies must control infant formula costs in the WIC program through competitive bidding for infant formula rebate contracts. The bill requires state WIC agencies to provide USDA with open solicitations for these competitive bids to populate the database.
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in committee
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Introduction
Nov 2021
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Introduced Nov 17, 2021
Last action Nov 17, 2021
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Nov 17, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
upper
Nov 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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