Bill Sponsors: NY S01668 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly
Bill Title: Enacts the "omnibus obesity and respiratory illness reduction act"; 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; 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; 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 breastfeeding in child day care centers and at work; establishes the obesity and respiratory disease research and education fund; relates to the use of school facilities by not-for-profit and charitable organizations for after school programs; includes weight management and physical fitness in wellness programs; requires day care centers to provide healthy foods and exercise; provides for a state office building bicycle parking and storage facilities expansion and inventory plan and creates a temporary bicycle commuting task force; authorizes school districts and institutions of higher education to donate excess food to local voluntary food assistance programs.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - PRINT NUMBER 1668A [S01668 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - PRINT NUMBER 1668A [S01668 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Jeffrey Klein [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-034 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Joseph Addabbo [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-015 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator David Carlucci [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-038 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Leroy Comrie [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-014 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Kemp Hannon [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-006 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-036 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Kevin Parker [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-021 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Diane Savino [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-023 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Toby Stavisky [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-011 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |