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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.54.03.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="54" chapter_num="03" heading="Food Packages for Peer Group Price Calculation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The State agency shall group the food items on the vendor price list form into the following food packages:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Foods for an infant 4 months old or older but younger than 13 months old:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>31 13-fluid-ounce cans of concentrated liquid infant formula with iron as specified in the WIC infant formula rebate contract;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>24 ounces of dry infant cereal; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>128 ounces of infant vegetables and fruit;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Foods for a child 1 year old or older but younger than 5 years old:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>3 gallons and 1 quart of fluid milk;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>1 dozen large eggs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>36 ounces of dry cereal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>128 fluid ounces of single-strength canned juice;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>18 ounces of peanut butter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>1 pound of cheese; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>2 pounds of whole wheat bread, brown rice, or soft corn tortillas;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Foods for a breastfeeding woman:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>5 gallons and 1 quart of fluid milk;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>2 dozen large eggs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>36 ounces of dry cereal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>36 ounces frozen juice concentrate;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>18 ounces of peanut butter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>2 pounds of cheese;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>30 ounces of tuna, salmon, or sardines; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>16 ounces of dried beans; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Foods for a nonbreastfeeding, postpartum woman:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>3 gallons and 1 quart of fluid milk;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>1 dozen large eggs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>36 ounces of dry cereal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>24 fluid ounces of single-strength frozen juice concentrate; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>1 pound of cheese.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The State agency shall calculate monthly the peer group average in Peer Groups 1—18 for each food package set forth in §A of this regulation by adding together the average food instrument price and average cost of food items that make up a food package and dividing that sum by the total number of food store and food store/pharmacy combination vendors in the region.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The State agency shall provide, upon request, the current peer group average in Peer Groups 1—19 for each food package in §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The State agency shall compile the peer group averages for the food packages in §A of this regulation based upon redemption data provided by the WIC Management Information System.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>