In Brief: Supplements & Food Stamps
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Supplements & Food Stamps: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) urges consideration of changes to allow food stamp payment for dietary and vitamin supplements during a May 23 hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee. Awaiting consideration before the House Agriculture Committee is a bill (H.R. 236) sponsored by Rep. Bill Emerson (R-Mo.) to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to allow participating households to purchase vitamin and mineral supplements with food stamp coupons...
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