Bill Text: HI SB549 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Healthy Beverages For Children.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-28 - Act 138, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). [SB549 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB549-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to healthy beverages for children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that over the past thirty years, Hawaii has experienced an unprecedented increase in obesity and chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and tooth decay. The legislature also finds that obesity-related health conditions have serious economic costs. According to the most recent data available, Hawaii spent an estimated $470,000,000 on obesity-related medical costs in 2013.
The legislature further finds that soda and other sugary drinks are the single largest source of excess sugar in the American diet, accounting for nearly half of the added sugars consumed. A top source of calories in children's diets, sugary beverages contribute to the obesity epidemic and typically do not provide any nutritional benefit.
The purpose of this Act is to promote healthy meal options for children and support parents' efforts to feed their children nutritious food by ensuring that healthy beverages are the default option in children's meals purchased at restaurants in the State.
SECTION 2. Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§321-
Default beverages offered with children's meals.
(a) A restaurant that offers for sale
a children's meal that includes a beverage shall offer with the children's meal
as a default beverage one or more of the following:
(1) Water,
sparkling water, or flavored water, with no added natural or artificial
sweeteners;
(2) Unflavored
milk; or
(3) A nondairy milk
alternative that contains no more than one hundred thirty calories per
container or serving.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a
restaurant from selling, or a customer from purchasing, an alternative to the
default beverage if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal.
(c) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 91 to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(d) As used in this section, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
"Children's meal" means a
combination of food and a beverage, sold together at a single price by a
restaurant, primarily intended for consumption by children.
"Default beverage" means a beverage
automatically included or offered as part of a children's meal, absent a
specific request for a substitute or alternate beverage by the purchaser of the
children's meal.
"Nondairy
milk alternative" means a nondairy fluid milk substitute that meets the
national standards for school lunches as set forth in title 7 Code of Federal
Regulations section 210.10.
"Restaurant" shall have the same meaning as in section 281‑1."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2020.
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Report Title:
Department of Health; Children's Meals; Default Beverage
Description:
Requires restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage to make the default beverage a healthy beverage.
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