United StatesWIC agencies would offer both remote and in-person appointments
WIC agencies would offer remote and in-person appointments and could send families food benefit cards without requiring a local office visit.
What it does
WIC applicants and participants would have in-person and remote appointment choices. Agencies would still need required body measurements within 90 days of appointments that result in remote enrollment.
States could enroll income-eligible WIC applicants temporarily while awaiting a nutritional risk review. Enrollment would end if they failed that review or required measurements were missing at the 90-day deadline.
State agencies could mail WIC benefit cards or use other delivery methods that let participants receive those cards without traveling to a local WIC office.
Argument forRemote appointments and benefit delivery could reduce office trips for WIC families who have trouble arranging transportation or childcare.
Argument againstTemporary enrollment could leave families facing a later loss of benefits if required measurements are missing or a review finds them ineligible.
More detail
State agencies would offer both in-person appointments and a remote option. The choices would cover WIC enrollment, renewal, and reviews of whether someone has a nutritional risk. Every format would have to meet federal disability access requirements. Remote options could use telephone, live video, or another live two-way format approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. For people enrolled remotely, agencies would collect required body measurements within 30 days of the appointment whenever practical and no later than 90 days.
State agencies could enroll income-eligible applicants temporarily before completing a nutritional risk review. This option would cover WIC applicants who meet the program’s income standards. Immediate temporary enrollment would be optional for state agencies. Temporary enrollment would end when a review found the person did not meet nutritional risk requirements. For someone enrolled temporarily, missing required measurements would end enrollment at the deadline of 90 days after the remote appointment. The nutritional risk review would have to finish no later than 90 days after temporary enrollment.
State agencies could deliver WIC food benefit cards and similar items without requiring an office visit. The option would cover any WIC participant and include electronic benefit cards. State agencies could choose whether to offer delivery without an office visit.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 21Introduced in HouseLatest
- Feb 21Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Introduced
HealthcareAgriculture