Bill Text: CT SB00651 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Nutrition Standards For Child Care Settings.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Children [SB00651 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00651-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 4104 | ||
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Referred to Committee on CHILDREN |
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AN ACT CONCERNING NUTRITION STANDARDS FOR CHILD CARE SETTINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Child day care center" means any facility that offers or provides a program of supplementary care to more than twelve related or unrelated children outside their own homes on a regular basis;
(2) "Group day care home" means any facility that offers or provides a program of supplementary care (A) to not less than seven or more than twelve related or unrelated children on a regular basis, or (B) that meets the definition of a family day care home except that it operates in a facility other than a private family home; and
(3) "Family day care home" means any facility that consists of a private family home caring for not more than six children, including the provider's own children not in school full time, where the children are cared for not less than three or more than twelve hours during a twenty-four-hour period and where care is given on a regularly recurring basis except that care may be provided in excess of twelve hours but not more than seventy-two consecutive hours to accommodate a need for extended care or intermittent short-term overnight care. During the regular school year, a maximum of three additional children who are in school full time, including the provider's own children, shall be permitted, except that if the provider has more than three children who are in school full time, all of the provider's children shall be permitted.
(b) No child day care center, group day care home or family day care home shall provide beverages with added sweeteners, whether artificial or natural, to children under the care of such facility.
(c) No child day care center, group day care home or family day care home shall provide juice to any child eight months of age or younger under the care of such facility. A child day care center, group day care home or family day care home may provide juice to children nine months of age or older under the care of such facility provided (1) the juice is one hundred per cent juice, and (2) no child shall receive more than six ounces of one hundred per cent juice per day.
(d) No child day care center, group day care home or family day care home shall provide milk with a milk fat content of greater than one per cent to any child two years of age or older under the care of such facility unless milk with a higher milk fat content is medically required for an individual child, as documented by such child's medical provider.
(e) Every child day care center, group day care home or family day care home shall make water available and easily accessible to children under the care of such facility throughout the day, including at all meals. Potable drinking water supplies shall be located in or near classrooms and playrooms. Except when water fountains are used, individual disposable drinking cups shall be provided within reach of children under the care of such facility.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2013 |
New section |
KID |
Joint Favorable |