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SF4107 • 2026

Certain contract terms exempt for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

Certain contract terms exempt for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

Children
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Boldon, Wiklund
Last action
2026-03-04
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-04 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Certain contract terms exempt for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to health; exempting certain contract terms for the Special Supplemental

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; amending Minnesota Statutes

2024, section 145.882, by adding subdivisions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.882, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 9.

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Contracting and procurement.

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The commissioner is exempt from the contract

term limits in chapter 16C for issuance of benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition

Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) through an electronic benefit transfer

(EBT) system and related services and contracts. These contracts may have an initial term

of up to five years, with extensions not to exceed a ten-year total contract duration.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 145.882, is amended by adding a subdivision to

read:

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Subd. 10.

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Management information systems; contracting and

procurement.

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Notwithstanding chapter 16C, WIC is exempt from the contract term limits

for the management information systems used for issuance of supplemental nutrition benefits

and the WIC EBT systems used for processing the redemptions of supplemental nutrition

benefits. These contracts may have an initial term of up to five years, with extensions not

to exceed a ten-year total contract duration.

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