South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

Bill 502


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


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A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE Department of Health and Environmental Control, RELATING TO WIC Vendors, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 5120, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.   The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to WIC Vendors, designated as Regulation Document Number 5120, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the S.C. Code, are approved.

SECTION 2.   This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

Pursuant to S.C. Code Section 43-5-930, the Department of Health and Environmental Control ("Department") outlines the responsibilities and duties of all potential and authorized Women, Infant, and Children Supplemental Food Program (WIC) Vendors. The Department amends R.61-94, WIC Vendors, to update verbiage of South Carolina Electronic WIC Benefits (eWIC). These amendments include changes to definitions, the approval process of vendors, monitoring of vendors, disqualifications, sanctions, program violations, and the transaction of South Carolina WIC Benefits. The amendments may also include corrections for clarity and readability, grammar, punctuation, codification, and other such regulatory text improvements.

The Department had a Notice of Drafting published in the February 25, 2022, South Carolina State Register.

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