Prenatal Vitamin Food Stamp Coverage Discussed By CAM Commission
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
An expansion of the food stamp program to cover prenatal vitamins and calcium supplements could be advocated by the White House Commission on Complementary & Alternative Medicine Policy.
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Vitamins and food stamps
Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act (S 1307) introduced in the Senate June 30 by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa); cosponsors are Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The bill would allow food stamps be used to purchase a "nutritional supplement providing a vitamin or mineral." It has been referred to the Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee; a hearing is expected. Similar legislation has been sponsored before - Hatch introduced a measure in August 1995 that would have allowed food stamps be used to purchase amino acids and herbs