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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A3295
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
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
Charles Fall
Richard Gottfried
Harvey Epstein
Al Taylor
2019-A3295 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A3295 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3295 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner of health to adopt rules and regulations requiring the restriction or elimination of the use of trans fat in institutions under its jurisdiction THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: (W) ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE ANY INSTITUTION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S JURISDICTION, THAT ALSO PREPARES ON SITE, OR SUBCON- TRACTS FOR, MEALS TO ITS CLIENTS, PATIENTS OR PATRONS, TO RESTRICT OR ELIMINATE THE USE OF TRANS FAT FROM SUCH PREPARED FOODS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "TRANS FAT" MEANS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF FAT FORMED WHEN LIQUID FATS ARE MADE INTO SOLID FATS BY THE ADDITION OF HYDROGEN ATOMS, IN A PROCESS KNOWN AS HYDROGENATION. § 2. The commissioner of health shall adopt such rules and regulations not later than one year after the effective date of this act. The department of health's annual report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall include a report assessing the successful implementation of such rules and regu- lations in reducing and eliminating the use of trans fat in food prepa- ration, and any recommendations relating thereto. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07225-01-9
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