Bill Text: NY S01731 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a pilot program related to making the gluten content of food available at certain state owned, operated, or leased cafeterias.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01731 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01731-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1731
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  AVELLA,  DILAN, PERKINS, SAMPSON -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to establish a pilot program related to making the gluten content
         of  food available at certain state owned, operated, or leased cafete-
         rias; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expiration
         thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
    2  the commissioner of the office of general services shall  identify  four
    3  state owned buildings, facilities, or complexes where food and beverages
    4  are  offered for sale to the general public or government employees in a
    5  cafeteria setting which are operated or leased by the state, for  inclu-
    6  sion in a gluten content pilot program. One state owned building, facil-
    7  ity,  or  complex for such pilot program shall be located in each of the
    8  following cities: Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse,  and  New  York  City.  The
    9  commissioner shall ensure that the cafeterias contained within the iden-
   10  tified  buildings,  facilities,  or complexes have an employee available
   11  during the hours of operation that can accurately identify upon  request
   12  whether a food or beverage item offered is gluten-free. For the purposes
   13  of  this  section, the term "gluten-free" shall include food or beverage
   14  that is consistent with the Food and Drug Administration's final rule to
   15  define the term "gluten-free" for voluntary use in the labeling of food.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   17  it shall have become a law, and shall  expire  and  be  deemed  repealed
   18  three years after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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