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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to health |
Apr 21, 2009 |
held for consideration in health |
Feb 13, 2009 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A5476
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ERRIGO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Daniel Burling
James Conte
Gary Finch
David McDonough
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Alfano
James Bacalles
William A. Barclay
Robert Barra
2009-A5476 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7025
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §201, Pub Health L
2009-A5476 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5476 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 13, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ERRIGO, BURLING, CONTE, FINCH, McDONOUGH, TOBACCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES, BARCLAY, BARRA, CROUCH, DUPREY, GIGLIO, JORDAN, O'MARA, QUINN, RAIA, SAYWARD, SPANO, TEDISCO, THIELE, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the development of a nutrition and fitness website by the department of health THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows: (T) DEVELOP, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE NEW YORK STATE PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND ANY OTHER SCHOOL ORGANIZATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS RELEVANT, A NUTRITION AND FITNESS WEBSITE TO PROVIDE DAY CARE PROVIDERS AND PARENTS WITH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PORTION SIZES AND THE RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF SERVINGS FOR THE DIFFERENT FOOD GROUPS PER DAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE WEBSITE: NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES (AS FOUND ON THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEBSITE); SAMPLE MENUS TO OFFER MENU SUGGESTIONS BASED ON THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE MENUS FOR CHILDREN WITH ALLERGIES OR HEALTH PROBLEMS; EXAMPLES OF AGE APPROPRIATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES; AND UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING NUTRITION AND OBESITY ISSUES. ALL SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR FREE TO THE PUBLIC, AND SHALL BE LINKED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL MAKE ANY CHILD DAY CARE LICENSE APPLICANT OR RE-APPLICANT AWARE OF THE AVAILABIL- ITY OF SUCH INFORMATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE BY PROVIDING A LINK TO SUCH INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES' WEBSITE AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE OR A CLAUSE IN THE APPLICATION ITSELF; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05822-01-9
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