Bill Text: NY A09714 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to eliminate trans fats in foods prepared by public schools, develop an informational campaign and to report on the success of such program by December 31, 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-27 - referred to education [A09714 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09714-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9714
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  N. RIVERA, CAMARA, MOYA, LINARES, J. RIVERA,
         P. RIVERA, RAMOS, RODRIGUEZ, CLARK, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. ARROYO, AUBRY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, BROOK-KRASNY,  CASTRO,  CRESPO,
         DenDEKKER,  ESPINAL,  GIBSON,  HEASTIE,  JEFFRIES, KAVANAGH, V. LOPEZ,
         MENG, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, PRETLOW, ROBINSON, STEVENSON,  WEPRIN  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT to authorize the commissioner of education to develop a plan for
         elimination in the use of trans fat in schools
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Trans  fat  elimination  program.  1. The commissioner of
    2  education, in consultation with the  department  of  health,  is  hereby
    3  authorized  and directed to develop a trans fat elimination program. For
    4  purposes of this act, "trans fat" means a specific type  of  fat  formed
    5  when  liquid  fats  are made into solid fats by the addition of hydrogen
    6  atoms, in a process known as hydrogenation. Such program  shall  consist
    7  of two main components: a public information campaign and a protocol for
    8  eliminating  the  use of trans fats in foods prepared by any institution
    9  under the jurisdiction of the department of education including, but not
   10  limited to, public schools.
   11    2. The public information campaign shall be developed, in consultation
   12  with the department of health, to provide public service  announcements,
   13  website sources and educational brochures about the health risks associ-
   14  ated with trans fat in foods.
   15    3. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commission-
   16  er  of  health,  shall  include  in the department of education's annual
   17  report not later than December 31, 2013, a report assessing the  success
   18  of the trans fat elimination program.  Such report shall be submitted to
   19  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
   20  assembly, and any appropriate committees of  the  legislature  concerned
   21  with nutritional standards, education and health in New York state.
   22    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect immediately. The commissioner of
   23  education is authorized and directed to promulgate any and all rules and
   24  regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this  act
   25  on its effective date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13656-01-1