Bill Text: TX HB1172 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to creating a program to recognize before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1172 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1172-Introduced.html

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84R5245 MCK-F
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 1172

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating a program to recognize before-school and
after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical
activity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.0429 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0429. DISTINGUISHED BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL HEALTH
RECOGNITION PROGRAM. (a) In this section:
(1) "Program attendee" means a child enrolled in a
full- or half-day before-school or after-school program.
(2) "Screen time" means time spent viewing or working
on television, videos, computers, tablets, and handheld
entertainment devices, with or without Internet access.
(b) The department shall develop a program for recognizing
before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy
eating and physical activity. A program is eligible for recognition
under this section if the program meets each of the following
requirements:
(1) each staff member of the before-school or
after-school program is trained on the standards of this section
and the importance of modeling healthy eating and physical
activity;
(2) the before-school or after-school program
provides regular and ongoing nutrition education to each program
attendee to help the program attendee develop and practice healthy
habits;
(3) the before-school or after-school program ensures
that each program attendee participates throughout the day in at
least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity for a
full-day program and 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical
activity for a half-day program;
(4) the before-school or after-school program limits
screen time during the operational hours of the program to less than
two hours a day in a full-day program and 30 minutes a day in a
half-day program, not including use in connection with homework or
an activity that engages program attendees in a physical activity
or educational experience;
(5) the before-school or after-school program:
(A) serves only healthy foods, including fruits
and vegetables that are fresh, frozen, dried, or canned in their own
juice or water, without added sugar, to program attendees at each
meal or snack;
(B) ensures that fried foods or foods that are
primarily sugar-based, are high in calories or sodium, or include
trans fat are not served to program attendees or consumed by staff
in the presence of program attendees during the operational hours
of the program; and
(C) complies with the following guidelines
relating to the serving and consumption of beverages:
(i) program attendees may only be served
water, low-fat or nonfat milk, nonfat flavored milk, or 100 percent
fruit juice;
(ii) safe, clean drinking water must be
available and accessible at all times to program attendees and
staff;
(iii) the amount of milk and fruit juice
served to a program attendee may not exceed eight ounces per day;
and
(iv) sugar-sweetened beverages may not be
served to program attendees or consumed by staff in the presence of
program attendees during the operational hours of the program;
(6) if the before-school or after-school program is
located in a school facility, the program:
(A) communicates with the school regarding
nutrition education and physical activity, as appropriate, to
provide the program attendees with a complete educational
experience; and
(B) ensures that all program activities adhere to
the school's wellness policy, if any;
(7) the before-school or after-school program engages
parents, guardians, and caregivers of program attendees using
informational materials and activities focused on healthy eating
and physical activity relevant to the health of their children at
least four times each year;
(8) the before-school or after-school program ensures
that information about the implementation of the standards of this
section is available for review by a parent, guardian, or caregiver
both at the program's physical location and on the program's
Internet website, if the program has one; and
(9) the before-school or after-school program
provides a document to a parent, guardian, or caregiver of each
program attendee acknowledging that the parent, guardian, or
caregiver is aware of the standards of this section and the
program's policies to institute and reinforce healthy behaviors for
all program attendees.
(c) A before-school or after-school program that meets the
requirements of Subsection (b) may create a recognition certificate
using a certificate template created by the department. A
recognition certificate expires on December 31 of each year. A
program may renew a recognition certificate if the program verifies
that the program continues to comply with the requirements of
Subsection (b) not later than January 1 of the following year. A
program that creates or renews a recognition certificate shall
notify the department of the date the program qualified for
recognition.
(d) The department shall post information about the
recognition program on the department's Internet website,
including:
(1) resources and links that a before-school or
after-school program may use to meet the requirements of Subsection
(b); and
(2) a template that a before-school or after-school
program may use to create a certificate, signed by the director of
the before-school or after-school program, that describes the
manner in which the program meets the requirements of Subsection
(b).
(e) The department shall maintain a list of each
before-school or after-school program that qualifies for
recognition under this section and shall post the list on the
department's Internet website. The list must include the date the
program qualified for recognition.
(f) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.