Md. Code Regs. 10.54.03.11

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 25, December 13, 2024

Section 10.54.03.11 - Maximum Reimbursement to Vendors

A. Food Store, Food Store/Pharmacy Combination, and Pharmacy Only Vendors. The State agency shall establish a maximum price payable for each WIC-approved food item, which shall be calculated as follows:

(1) Based on the WIC Management Information System calculation, the State agency shall determine every month the peer group average for each WIC-approved food item; and

(2) Except as provided in §C of this regulation, the maximum price payable for a food instrument prescribing infant formula shall be:

(a) Equal to 125 percent of the peer group averages as determined by the WIC Management Information System calculation for the individual food items on the food instrument; or

(b) Limited to an amount determined by the Program.

B. Military Commissaries. The maximum price payable by the State agency for a food item redeemed by a military commissary is the price charged by the military commissary.

C. The maximum price payable to vendors that are determined to derive more than 50 percent of their annual sales revenue from the redemption of WIC food benefits may not exceed the Statewide average price per food item paid to all other vendors.

Md. Code Regs. 10.54.03.11

Regulations .11 adopted as an emergency provision effective November 1, 1995 (22:22 Md. R. 1655 and 22:23 Md. R. 1796); emergency status expired May 1, 1996
Regulations .11 adopted effective May 2, 1996 (23:6 Md. R. 476)
Regulations .11 amended as an emergency provision effective November 1, 1996 (23:24 Md. R. 1679); amended permanently effective February 24, 1997 (24:4 Md. R. 292)
Regulations .11 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2002 (29:23 Md. R. 1807); amended permanently effective March 31, 2003 (30:6 Md. R. 421)
Regulations .011 amended as an emergency provision effective December 15, 2006 (34:1 Md. R. 29); amended permanently effective April 9, 2007 (34:7 Md. R. 699)
Regulations .11 amended as an emergency provision effective December 22, 2004 (32:1 Md. R. 25); amended permanently effective March 14, 2005 (32:5 Md. R. 581)
Regulations .11A, C amended as an emergency provision effective November 3, 2008 (35:24 Md. R. 2069); amended permanently effective February 9, 2009 (36:3 Md. R. 209)
Regulations .11A amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2012 (39:22 Md. R. 1427); amended permanently effective 40:4 Md. R. 347, eff. 3/4/2013
Regulation .11A amended effective 41:9 Md. R. 521, eff.5/12/2014 ; amended effective 44:5 Md. R. 293, eff. 3/13/2017; amended effective 47:20 Md. R. 875, eff. 10/5/2020