Health and Safety Code section 123320

(a)

The department shall inform the retail food vendors of, and include in the written agreement with the vendors, guidelines consistent with Section 123315, and shall print on each coupon the following:

(1)

Specific supplemental foods and the quantities thereof for which the coupon may be redeemed.

(2)

The period of validity of the nutrition coupon.

(3)

The maximum value for which the nutrition coupon may be redeemed.

(b)

To the extent feasible, the information required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be provided in a form that may be read by optical scanning technology readily available to vendors. The department shall, no later than March 15, 2002, report to the Legislature on the feasibility and costs of providing the information in this form. This subdivision shall be implemented only to the extent that funds for its purposes are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

Source: Section 123320, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=123320.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2002; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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