Bill Text: NY S01350 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of an entertainment food service establishment; directs such commissioner and local health officers to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system; requires reinspection of establishment receiving a grade of less than "A".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - PRINT NUMBER 1350A [S01350 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01350-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1350--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment
          of a letter grading system to classify inspection results  for  enter-
          tainment venue food service establishments
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  1352-f to read as follows:
     3    §  1352-f.  Entertainment  venue  food service grading system. 1.  The
     4  commissioner shall establish a system for grading inspection results for
     5  food service  establishments,  temporary  food  service  establishments,
     6  mobile food service establishments and pushcarts as defined in the state
     7  sanitary  code,  that are located within or otherwise owned, operated or
     8  controlled by a place  of  entertainment,  including  any  privately  or
     9  publicly  owned and operated facility such as a theatre, stadium, arena,
    10  racetrack, museum, amusement park or  other  place  where  performances,
    11  concerts,  exhibits,  athletic  games  or  contests are held for which a
    12  donation is recommended or required, or an entry fee is charged.
    13    2. The commissioner shall establish a system  for  grading  inspection
    14  results  for  place  of  entertainment food service establishments. Such
    15  system shall use and post letters A, B or C to  identify  and  represent
    16  such grading and classification with all other lower grades being deemed
    17  to  be  failing  grades.  In  establishing  such  system of grading, the
    18  commissioner shall take into account the provisions of  this  title  and
    19  the  provisions  of the sanitary code to establish a grading system that
    20  reflects the safety and sanitation of the  premises  and  food  handling
    21  practices to ensure compliance with state and local health laws.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00155-02-6