Bill Text: NY S02030 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the creation of a food allergy poster by the department of health; requires the posting of such in all food service establishments; authorizes the department to charge a fee to cover printing, postage and handling expenses of the posters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-11 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02030 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02030-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2030
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. SQUADRON, BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation and
          posting of food allergy posters in retail 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. Food allergies posters. 1. For  purposes  of  this  section,
     4  "food  service  establishment"  shall  have  the meaning as such term is
     5  defined in the state sanitary code, except that it shall not include any
     6  pushcarts.
     7    2. The department shall create a poster containing information on food
     8  allergies for use in food service establishments  in  both  English  and
     9  Spanish.
    10    3. Every food service establishment shall post, in accordance with the
    11  rules  and  regulations  of the department, in an area visible to anyone
    12  preparing or serving food, posters containing information on food aller-
    13  gies provided by the department.
    14    4. The department shall make such posters available and may  charge  a
    15  fee to cover printing, postage and handling expenses.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date is authorized and  directed  to
    20  be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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