Bill Text: NY A06453 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the commissioner of health, to facilitate a program to coordinate the donation of excess, unused, edible food from school, university or other educational institutions meal programs to voluntary food assistance programs; such may be allowed under applicable federal and state laws.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-07-07 - tabled [A06453 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06453-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6453--A
                                                               Cal. No. 440
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 4, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, WEISENBERG, COOK, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored
         by  --  M.  of  A.  CAHILL, CLARK, FARRELL, GIANARIS, HEASTIE, JACOBS,
         MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, MILLMAN, ROBINSON, SCARBOROUGH, SWEENEY  --
         read  once and referred to the Committee on Education -- reported from
         committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
         retaining its place on the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
         to establishing a program to coordinate the donation  of  excess  food
         from school meal programs to voluntary food assistance programs
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
    3    42. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH
    4  TO  FACILITATE, AS ALLOWED UNDER APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE RULES, THE
    5  DONATION OF EXCESS, UNUSED, EDIBLE FOOD FROM MEAL PROGRAMS  AT  SCHOOLS,
    6  UNIVERSITIES  AND  OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S
    7  JURISDICTION TO VOLUNTARY FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROGRAMS  IDENTIFIED  BY  THE
    8  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH.  THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES SHALL INCLUDE
    9  PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SCHOOL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL  INSTITU-
   10  TION  MEAL  PROGRAMS  TO  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND DISSEMINATING TO
   11  SCHOOLS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONATION OF UNUSED FOOD AND LISTS OF LOCAL
   12  FOOD PROGRAMS CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING SUCH FOOD.
   13    S 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
   14  subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   15    27.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  FACILITATE  EFFORTS BY SCHOOL AND OTHER
   16  EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION MEAL PROGRAMS TO DONATE EXCESS,  UNUSED,  EDIBLE
   17  FOOD TO VOLUNTARY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   18  THE   DEPARTMENT'S  RESPONSIBILITIES  SHALL  INCLUDE  IDENTIFYING  LOCAL
   19  PROGRAMS CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING SUCH FOOD, AND PROVIDING  INFORMATION  AND
   20  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE ABOUT DONATION OF SUCH FOOD AND PARTICIPATING FOOD
   21  PROGRAMS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOL  AND  OTHER  EDUCATIONAL
   22  INSTITUTION MEAL PROGRAMS.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09936-03-0