S00214 Summary:

BILL NOS00214A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00732-A
 
SPONSORSQUADRON
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S1352-e, Pub Health L
 
Requires the creation of a food allergy poster by the department of health; requires the posting of a food allergy poster in all food service establishments; authorizes the department to charge a fee to cover printing, postage and handling expenses of the posters.
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S00214 Actions:

BILL NOS00214A
 
01/09/2013REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/08/2014REFERRED TO HEALTH
03/28/2014AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
03/28/2014PRINT NUMBER 214A
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S00214 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00214 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         214--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and

          recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation and
          posting of food allergy posters in retail establishments
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1352-e to read as follows:
     3    § 1352-e. Food allergies posters. 1. For  purposes  of  this  section,
     4  "food  service  establishment"  shall  have  the meaning as such term is
     5  defined in the state sanitary code, except that it shall not include any
     6  pushcarts.
     7    2. The department shall create a poster containing information on food
     8  allergies for use in food service establishments  in  both  English  and
     9  Spanish.

    10    3. Every food service establishment shall post, in accordance with the
    11  rules  and  regulations  of the department, in an area visible to anyone
    12  preparing or serving food, posters containing information on food aller-
    13  gies provided by the department.
    14    4. The department shall make such posters available and may  charge  a
    15  fee to cover printing, postage and handling expenses.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to
    20  be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00261-02-4
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