NY S02374 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-24 - PRINT NUMBER 2374A
Pending: Senate Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-24 - PRINT NUMBER 2374A
Pending: Senate Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Enacts the "omnibus obesity and respiratory illness reduction act"; establishes a community gardens task force and provides for direct marketing of fresh vegetables and fruits in areas with a high incidence of adult and child obesity; provides for the screening for childhood obesity by elementary and secondary schools and promotes the availability of certain healthy foods and beverages; provides for the regulation of the use of trans fats and requires the provision of nutritional information by food service facilities; restricts the sale, lease, transfer or authorization of open-air schoolhouse playgrounds for certain uses; requires instruction in schools on good health practices; includes certain respiratory diseases and obesity in disease management demonstration programs; enacts provisions to reduce the incidence of certain respiratory diseases; enacts provisions to prevent in-utero exposure to tobacco smoke; provides for the use of inhalers and nebulizers by certain students; provides for residential real property smoking policies; adds weight control and schools to the health care and wellness education and outreach program; expands the collection and reporting of data on obesity in the state; directs the health research science board to study obesity and respiratory diseases; provides for expanded obesity prevention and screening; expands ease of breast feeding in child day care centers and at work; provides for nutrition counseling to pregnant teenagers; establishes the obesity and respiratory disease research and education fund; includes weight management and physical fitness in wellness programs; provides for health and nutritional education and services to teen parents; requires day care centers to provide healthy foods and exercise; directs cooperative extension to offer obesity and respiratory disease prevention programs.
Title
Enacts the "omnibus obesity and respiratory illness reduction act"; establishes a community gardens task force and provides for direct marketing of fresh vegetables and fruits in areas with a high incidence of adult and child obesity; provides for the screening for childhood obesity by elementary and secondary schools and promotes the availability of certain healthy foods and beverages; provides for the regulation of the use of trans fats and requires the provision of nutritional information by food service facilities; restricts the sale, lease, transfer or authorization of open-air schoolhouse playgrounds for certain uses; requires instruction in schools on good health practices; includes certain respiratory diseases and obesity in disease management demonstration programs; enacts provisions to reduce the incidence of certain respiratory diseases; enacts provisions to prevent in-utero exposure to tobacco smoke; provides for the use of inhalers and nebulizers by certain students; provides for residential real property smoking policies; adds weight control and schools to the health care and wellness education and outreach program; expands the collection and reporting of data on obesity in the state; directs the health research science board to study obesity and respiratory diseases; provides for expanded obesity prevention and screening; expands ease of breast feeding in child day care centers and at work; provides for nutrition counseling to pregnant teenagers; establishes the obesity and respiratory disease research and education fund; includes weight management and physical fitness in wellness programs; provides for health and nutritional education and services to teen parents; requires day care centers to provide healthy foods and exercise; directs cooperative extension to offer obesity and respiratory disease prevention programs.
Sponsors
| Sen. Jeffrey Klein [D] | Sen. Joseph Addabbo [D] | Sen. David Carlucci [D] | Sen. Kemp Hannon [R] |
| Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D] | Sen. Kevin Parker [D] | Sen. Diane Savino [D] | Sen. Toby Stavisky [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-24 | Senate | PRINT NUMBER 2374A |
| 2014-01-24 | Senate | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE |
| 2014-01-08 | Senate | REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE |
| 2013-01-16 | Senate | REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE |
Same As/Similar To
A05322 (Same As) 2014-02-06 - print number 5322a
