Bill Text: NY A00446 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on food insecurity at public and private higher education institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A00446 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00446-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           446

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  STECK, BURDICK, CLARK, MAGNARELLI,
          KELLES, SIMON, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, GIBBS -- read once and  referred  to
          the Committee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT to authorize and direct the commissioner of education to conduct
          a study on food insecurity at  public  and  private  higher  education
          institutions

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of education is hereby  authorized  and
     2  directed  to conduct a study on reducing and eliminating food insecurity
     3  at public and private higher education institutions.  Such  study  shall
     4  include, but not be limited to:
     5    (a) evaluating sustainable solutions to address basic food needs;
     6    (b)  increasing  awareness of services currently offered which address
     7  basic food needs; and
     8    (c) partnering with businesses or farms  which  could  provide  excess
     9  food.
    10    2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner
    11  of  education  shall  post  a  report  on  the department of education's
    12  website and deliver such report to the governor, the temporary president
    13  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader  of  the
    14  senate and the minority leader of the assembly. The report shall include
    15  recommendations  for  legislation and administrative actions that can be
    16  undertaken to reduce and eliminate food insecurity at public and private
    17  higher education institutions.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02479-01-3