NY State Senate Bill S1471A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 06, 2019	signed chap.588
Nov 26, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 03, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.82 substituted for a4072a referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
May 30, 2019	amended on third reading 1471a
May 13, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 08, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 07, 2019	1st report cal.619
Jan 15, 2019	referred to health

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S1471 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4072
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2827, Pub Health L

S1471 - Summary

Requires hospitals to offer plant-based food options to patients upon request.

S1471 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1471

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to offering plant-
based food options in hospitals

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require that hospitals providing inpatient or residential care offer
patients plant-based food options for every meal or snack.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new Public Health Law § 2827. Subdivision 1 requires
hospitals providing inpatient or residential care (i.e., general hospi-
tals and nursing homes) to offer patients a plant-based food option for
every meal or snack, at the request of a patient or patient's lawful
representative, at no additional cost to the patient.

Subdivision 2 requires that the hospital respond in a reasonable manner
and time to requests made under this section. The request shall be
effective for every meal or snack the patient is reasonably expected to
participate in. The bill does not preclude hospitals from offering
plant-based food options to patients who do not request them, and it
does not preclude patients who have requested a plant-based food option
from selecting non-plantbased food options.

Subdivision 3 is definitions.

Section 2 makes the bill take effect one year after it becomes law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Plant-based diets (PBD) are those free of animal products such as meat,
seafood, dairy, and eggs. In 2017, the American Medical Association
adopted a resolution that calls on hospitals to improve patient health
by "providing a variety of healthful food, including plant-based meals"
(Healthy Food Options in Hospitals H-150.949).  Doctors may recommend or
order PBD for patients suffering from heart disease, obesity, diabetes,
and other conditions, and patients may choose PBD for a variety of other
reasons.

Patients in inpatient or residential health care settings are a "captive
audience" dependent on the institution for their food. This bill will
ensure that patients in inpatient or residential hospital settings have
access to plant-based food options.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STAT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law. Effec-
tive immediately, the Commissioner of Health may make regulations and
take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this act on that
date.

S1471 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1471

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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  offering  plant-
  based food options in hospitals

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
2827 to read as follows:
  §  2827. PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTIONS. 1. UPON REQUEST BY A PATIENT OR THE
PATIENT'S LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE IN A  HOSPITAL  PROVIDING  INPATIENT  OR
RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  THE  HOSPITAL  SHALL OFFER THE PATIENT A PLANT-BASED
FOOD OPTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO EVERY MEAL OR  SNACK  OFFERED  IN  FOOD
SERVICE  TO  THE PATIENT. ALL THE HOSPITAL'S WRITTEN MATERIAL DESCRIBING
FOOD OFFERINGS SHALL INCLUDE THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  A  PLANT-BASED  FOOD
OPTION.  THE  PLANT-BASED  FOOD OPTION SHALL BE OFFERED AT NO ADDITIONAL
COST TO THE PATIENT BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE CHARGED FOR A  COMPARABLE  NON-
PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION.
  2.  THE  HOSPITAL SHALL RESPOND IN A REASONABLE MANNER AND TIME TO ANY
REQUEST MADE UNDER THIS SECTION. THE  REQUEST  SHALL  BE  EFFECTIVE  FOR
EVERY HOSPITAL MEAL OR SNACK IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS REASONABLY EXPECTED
TO  PARTICIPATE.  THIS  SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE OFFERING OF PLANT-
BASED FOOD OPTIONS TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE NOT REQUESTED IT, AND  DOES  NOT
PRECLUDE  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REQUESTED A PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION FROM
SELECTING A NON-PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION.
  3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A) "PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION" MEANS A FOOD OR BEVERAGE THAT IS FREE OF
ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND THAT HAS NUTRITIONAL VALUE COMPARABLE  TO  THE  NON-
PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION THAT IT REPLACES.
  (B) "ANIMAL PRODUCT" MEANS MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD, DAIRY, EGGS, HONEY,
AND ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04012-02-9

S. 1471                             2

  §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of health  may  make  regu-
lations  and  take  other actions reasonably necessary to implement this
act on that date.

Co-Sponsors

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4072
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2827, Pub Health L

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to offer plant-based food options to patients upon request.

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1471A

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
offering plant-based food options in hospitals

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require that hospitals providing inpatient or residential care offer
patients plant-based food options for every meal or snack.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new § 2827 (Plant-based food options) to the Public
Health Law.

Subdivision 1 of the new section requires hospitals providing inpatient
or residential care (i.e., general hospitals and nursing homes) to offer
patients a plant-based food option for every meal or snack, at the
request of a patient or patient's lawful representative, at no addi-
tional cost to the patient.

Subdivision 2 requires that the hospital respond in a reasonable manner
and time to requests made under this section. The request shall be
effective for every meal or snack the patient is reasonably expected to
participate in. The bill does not preclude hospitals from offering
plant-based food options to patients who do not request them, and it
does not preclude patients who have requested a plant-based food option
from selecting non-plant-based food options.

Subdivision 3 defines certain terms used in the new section.

Subdivision 4 clarifies that the requirements of the new section do not
apply to patient nutritional support products prescribed or ordered by a
health care professional, but such professional is required to consider
whether a medically suitable plant-based food option is reasonably
available.

Section 2 establishes the effective date of the bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Plant-based diets (PBD) are those free of animal products such as meat,
seafood, dairy, and eggs. In 2017, the American Medical Association
adopted a resolution that calls on hospitals to improve patient health
by "providing a variety of healthful food, including plant-based meals"
(Healthy Food Options in Hospitals H-150.949).  Doctors may recommend or
order PBD for patients suffering from heart disease, obesity, diabetes,
and other conditions, and patients may choose PBD for a variety of other
reasons.

Patients in inpatient or residential health care settings are a "captive
audience" dependent on the institution for their food. This bill will
ensure that patients in inpatient or residential hospital settings have
access to plant-based food options.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STAT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the Commissioner of Health may make regulations and
take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this act on that
date.

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1471--A
    Cal. No. 619

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN,  MYRIE, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Health
  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
  retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  offering  plant-
  based food options in hospitals

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
2827 to read as follows:
  §  2827. PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTIONS. 1. UPON REQUEST BY A PATIENT OR THE
PATIENT'S LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE IN A  HOSPITAL  PROVIDING  INPATIENT  OR
RESIDENTIAL  CARE,  THE  HOSPITAL  SHALL OFFER THE PATIENT A PLANT-BASED
FOOD OPTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO EVERY MEAL OR  SNACK  OFFERED  IN  FOOD
SERVICE  TO  THE PATIENT. ALL THE HOSPITAL'S WRITTEN MATERIAL DESCRIBING
FOOD OFFERINGS SHALL INCLUDE THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  A  PLANT-BASED  FOOD
OPTION.  THE  PLANT-BASED  FOOD OPTION SHALL BE OFFERED AT NO ADDITIONAL
COST TO THE PATIENT BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE CHARGED FOR A  COMPARABLE  NON-
PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION.
  2.  THE  HOSPITAL SHALL RESPOND IN A REASONABLE MANNER AND TIME TO ANY
REQUEST MADE UNDER THIS SECTION. THE  REQUEST  SHALL  BE  EFFECTIVE  FOR
EVERY HOSPITAL MEAL OR SNACK IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS REASONABLY EXPECTED
TO  PARTICIPATE.  THIS  SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE OFFERING OF PLANT-
BASED FOOD OPTIONS TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE NOT REQUESTED IT, AND  DOES  NOT
PRECLUDE  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REQUESTED A PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION FROM
SELECTING A NON-PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION.
  3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A) "PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION" MEANS A FOOD OR BEVERAGE THAT IS FREE OF
ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND THAT HAS NUTRITIONAL VALUE COMPARABLE  TO  THE  NON-
PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTION THAT IT REPLACES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04012-04-9

S. 1471--A                          2

  (B) "ANIMAL PRODUCT" MEANS MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD, DAIRY, EGGS, HONEY,
AND ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF.
  4.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  PATIENT  NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
PRODUCTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  INFANT  FORMULAS,  NUTRITIONAL
MODULARS,  ORAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS, ENTERAL NUTRITION FORMULAS, AND
PARENTERAL OR INTRAVENOUS NUTRITION, PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY  A  HEALTH
CARE  PROFESSIONAL, LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRAC-
TICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ACTING WITHIN  THE  PROFES-
SIONAL'S  LAWFUL  SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE.  HOWEVER, WHERE A REQUEST IS MADE
UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IS
CONSIDERING PRESCRIBING OR ORDERING A PATIENT NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT  PROD-
UCT  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL SHALL CONSIDER
AND ADVISE THE REQUESTER WHETHER A MEDICALLY SUITABLE  PLANT-BASED  FOOD
OPTION IS REASONABLY AVAILABLE.
  §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of health  may  make  regu-
lations  and  take  other actions reasonably necessary to implement this
act on that date.

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S1471 - Details

S1471 - Summary

S1471 - Sponsor Memo

S1471 - Bill Text download pdf

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S1471A (ACTIVE) - Details

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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S1471 - Details

S1471 - Summary

S1471 - Sponsor Memo

S1471 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Details

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1471A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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