Bill Text: NY A08208 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on food insecurity at public and private higher education institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A08208 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08208-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8208

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 25, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN ACT to authorize and direct the commissioner of education to  conduct
          a  study  on  food  insecurity  at public and private higher education
          institutions

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  1. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized and
     2  directed to conduct a study on reducing and eliminating food  insecurity
     3  at  public  and  private higher education institutions. Such study shall
     4  include, but not be limited to:
     5    (a) evaluating sustainable solutions to address basic food needs;
     6    (b) increasing awareness of services currently offered  which  address
     7  basic food needs; and
     8    (c)  partnering  with  businesses  or farms which could provide excess
     9  food.
    10    2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner
    11  of education shall post  a  report  on  the  department  of  education's
    12  website and deliver such report to the governor, the temporary president
    13  of  the  senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the
    14  senate and the minority leader of the assembly. The report shall include
    15  recommendations for legislation and administrative actions that  can  be
    16  undertaken to reduce and eliminate food insecurity at public and private
    17  higher education institutions.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11915-01-1