Bill Text: NY A02990 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement a uniform letter grading system to classify health inspection results for any place engaged in the preparation, sale or service of food for and to the general public in cities with a population of one million or more; directs the commissioner, upon establishment and implementation of such system, to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - enacting clause stricken [A02990 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02990-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2990
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         BRENNAN, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  establishment
         of  a letter grading system to classify inspection results for certain
         public food service establishments
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  1352-d to read as follows:
    3    S 1352-D. PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT  GRADING  SYSTEM.  1.  THE
    4  COMMISSIONER,  OR,  WHERE APPLICABLE, THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER IN A CITY
    5  HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL ESTABLISH  AND  IMPLE-
    6  MENT  A SYSTEM FOR GRADING AND CLASSIFYING INSPECTION RESULTS FOR PUBLIC
    7  FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  RESTAURANTS,
    8  DINING ROOMS, DELIS, BAKERIES OR ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED,
    9  SOLD  OR SERVED FOR CONSUMPTION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL
   10  USE LETTERS TO IDENTIFY AND REPRESENT SUCH GRADING  AND  CLASSIFICATION.
   11  IN  ESTABLISHING  SUCH  SYSTEM OF STANDARDS AND GRADES, THE COMMISSIONER
   12  OR, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER OF A CITY HAVING A  POPU-
   13  LATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF
   14  THIS TITLE, THE PROVISIONS OF THE SANITARY CODE AND PROVISIONS OF  LOCAL
   15  ORDINANCES  OR  REGULATIONS  TO ESTABLISH A GRADING SYSTEM THAT REFLECTS
   16  THE SAFETY AND SANITATION OF THE PREMISES AND FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES TO
   17  ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH LAWS.
   18    2. SUCH PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENT  SHALL  CONSPICUOUSLY  POST
   19  NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO SUCH ESTABLISHMENT THE LETTER GRADE IDENTIFYING AND
   20  REPRESENTING  THE  RESULT  OF  SUCH  ESTABLISHMENT'S  MOST RECENT GRADED
   21  INSPECTION. SUCH POSTING SHALL BE DONE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  RULES  AND
   22  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER. IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
   23  LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH LETTER GRADES  SHALL  BE  POSTED  IN
   24  ACCORDANCE WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER.
   25    S  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
   26  law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of  health  may  promulgate
   27  rules and regulations to implement this act prior to such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04831-01-1