Bill Text: HI SB2056 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB2056 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2056-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii families have busy schedules and face tough choices when shopping for and preparing healthy food, thus making dining out an appealing and sometimes necessary option.
A 2013 study of the most profitable fast food restaurant chains in the United States found that only three per cent of the assessed meal combinations met the expert nutrition standards for children's meals. Sugar-sweetened beverages alone make up to nine per cent of the calories children consume daily, and medical evidence suggests sugar-sweetened beverages are linked to obesity.
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity-related health conditions include type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, certain cancers, asthma, low self-esteem, and depression.
Obesity-related health conditions have serious economic costs. According to a 2013 report, the State spends an estimated $470,000,000 annually on obesity-related medical costs.
The purpose of this Act is to promote healthy meal options for children and their families and build a healthier community by limiting sugar-sweetened beverages offered with children's meals by restaurants.
SECTION 2. Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Part . Default beverages offered with children's
meals
§321- Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Children's meal" means a combination of food and a beverage, sold together at a single price, primarily intended for consumption by children.
"Default beverage" means a beverage automatically included or offered as part of a children's meal, absent a specific request for an alternate beverage by the purchaser of the children's meal.
"Restaurant" means a food establishment that serves food to customers for consumption on or off the premises, including fast-food and full-service dining establishments. "Restaurant" includes but is not limited to drive-through or walk-up counters, coffee shops, cafes, pizza parlors, and dine-in establishments.
§321- Default beverages in children's meals. (a) A restaurant that sells a children's meal that includes a beverage shall make the default beverage offered with the children's meal one of the following:
(1) Water, sparkling water, or flavored water, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners;
(2) Milk or non-dairy milk alternatives; or
(3) A serving of six ounces or less of one hundred per cent fruit juice.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a restaurant's ability to sell, or a customer's ability to purchase, a substitute or alternative beverage instead of the default beverage offered with a children's meal, if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal.
(c) All restaurants shall complete an initial self-certification certifying whether they offer children's meals and, if so, certifying that they comply with this section. Restaurants that sell children's meals shall complete an annual self-certification, certifying that they comply with this section.
§321- Construction; conflict. (a) This part shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of this part.
(b) The provisions of this part shall be valid and enforced, notwithstanding any contrary provision of any state law or county ordinance."
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Health; Default Beverages; Children's Meals
Description:
Requires restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage for a single price to make the default beverage a healthy beverage. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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