Bill Text: NY S04589 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement a uniform letter grading system to classify health inspection results for any place engaged in the preparation, sale or service of food for and to the general public; directs the commissioner, upon establishment and implementation of such system, to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-26 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S04589 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S04589-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4589--C
Cal. No. 407
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 24, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, KRUEGER, ONORATO, SAMPSON, THOMPSON -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported
favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on
Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third read-
ing, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order
of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment
of a letter grading system to classify inspection results for certain
public 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-d to read as follows:
3 S 1352-D. PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT GRADING SYSTEM. 1. THE
4 COMMISSIONER, OR, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER IN A CITY
5 HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLE-
6 MENT A SYSTEM FOR GRADING AND CLASSIFYING INSPECTION RESULTS FOR PUBLIC
7 FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RESTAURANTS,
8 DINING ROOMS, DELIS, BAKERIES OR ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED,
9 SOLD OR SERVED FOR CONSUMPTION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL
10 USE LETTERS TO IDENTIFY AND REPRESENT SUCH GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION.
11 IN ESTABLISHING SUCH SYSTEM OF STANDARDS AND GRADES, THE COMMISSIONER
12 OR, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER OF A CITY HAVING A POPU-
13 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 4589--C 2
1 THIS TITLE, THE PROVISIONS OF THE SANITARY CODE AND PROVISIONS OF LOCAL
2 ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH A GRADING SYSTEM THAT REFLECTS
3 THE SAFETY AND SANITATION OF THE PREMISES AND FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES TO
4 ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH LAWS.
5 2. SUCH PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY POST
6 NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO SUCH ESTABLISHMENT THE LETTER GRADE IDENTIFYING AND
7 REPRESENTING THE RESULT OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENT'S MOST RECENT GRADED
8 INSPECTION. SUCH POSTING SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND
9 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
10 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH LETTER GRADES SHALL BE POSTED IN
11 ACCORDANCE WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
13 law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of health may promulgate
14 rules and regulations to implement this act prior to such date.
