Bill Text: NY A03108 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the department of health to develop information, methods and protocols for the voluntary reduction or elimination of the use of trans fat in restaurants, schools, hospitals, adult homes and child day care centers; establishes reporting requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to health [A03108 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A03108-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3108
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of health to develop a plan for
voluntary reduction or elimination in the use of trans fat in various
food service providers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Voluntary trans fat reduction or elimination program. 1.
2 The commissioner of health is hereby authorized to develop a voluntary
3 trans fat reduction or elimination program. For purposes of this
4 section, "trans fat" means a specific type of fat formed when liquid
5 fats are made into solid fats by the addition of hydrogen atoms, in a
6 process known as hydrogenation. Such program shall consist of two main
7 components: a public information campaign and a protocol for voluntarily
8 reducing or eliminating the use of trans fats in foods prepared by:
9 a. food service establishments, including: restaurants, bars, member-
10 ship organizations, fraternal organizations, and private clubs, except-
11 ing establishments licensed pursuant to section 64-a of the alcoholic
12 beverage control law, that are not regulated by the department of agri-
13 culture and markets; and
14 b. any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of health
15 including, but not limited to: public schools, hospitals, nursing homes,
16 and adult and child daycare facilities.
17 2. The public information campaign shall be developed, in consultation
18 with the department of education, to provide public service announce-
19 ments, website sources and educational brochures about the health risks
20 associated with trans fat in foods.
21 3. The commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner
22 of education, shall include in the department of health's annual report
23 not later than December 31, 2014, a report assessing the success of the
24 voluntary trans fat reduction or elimination program. Such report shall
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of the voluntary reduction or
2 elimination program in reducing or eliminating the use of trans fat in
3 prepared foods sold or provided in New York state, and any recommenda-
4 tions relating thereto. Such report shall be submitted to the governor,
5 the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and
6 any appropriate committees of the legislature concerned with nutritional
7 standards and health in New York state.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. The commissioner of
9 health is authorized and directed to promulgate any and all rules and
10 regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act
11 on its effective date on or before such date.
