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Senate Bill S4685

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires gluten cross contamination safeguards in food establishments owned, operated or leased by any department or agency of the state

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2023-S4685 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §146-a, St Fin L; amd §206, Pub Health L; add §101-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4283
2015-2016: S1732
2017-2018: S3097
2019-2020: S4027
2021-2022: S3270
2025-2026: S4005

2023-S4685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires gluten cross-contamination safeguards in food establishments owned, operated or leased by any department or agency of the state.

2023-S4685 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4685
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the public  health  law  and  the
   education  law,  in  relation  to requiring gluten cross-contamination
   safeguards in food establishments owned, operated  or  leased  by  any
   department or agency of the state or the state university of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 146-a to read as follows:
   §  146-A.  CONTRACTS FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW, ALL NEW  CONTRACTS,  RENEWAL  CONTRACTS  OR
 CHANGE  ORDERS  FOR AN EXISTING CONTRACT MADE AND AWARDED BY ANY DEPART-
 MENT OR AGENCY OF THE STATE OR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, FOR THE
 OPERATION OF A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT,  SHALL  CONTAIN  A  PROVISION
 REQUIRING  THE  CONTRACTOR  OR  VENDOR OPERATING SUCH ESTABLISHMENT IN A
 STATE-OWNED, OPERATED OR LEASED BUILDING TO TAKE REASONABLE  PRECAUTIONS
 TO  AVERT  THE CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF GLUTEN-FREE FOODS PREPARED BY SUCH
 ESTABLISHMENT BY FOOD CONTAINING GLUTEN.
   § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 32 to read as follows:
   32.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCA-
 TION, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS SPECIFYING REASONABLE METH-
 ODS TO AVERT THE  CROSS-CONTAMINATION  OF  GLUTEN-FREE  FOODS  BY  FOODS
 CONTAINING  GLUTEN DURING THE PREPARATION OF SUCH FOOD IN CAFETERIAS AND
 RESTAURANTS OR ANY OTHER FOOD ESTABLISHMENT  OPERATED  BY  A  VENDOR  OR
 CONTRACTOR  ON PROPERTIES OWNED, OPERATED OR LEASED BY ANY DEPARTMENT OR
 AGENCY OF THE STATE OR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  101-c  to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06000-01-3
 S. 4685                             2

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