What's happening
This bill requires New York health institutions to restrict or eliminate the use of trans fat in prepared foods.
Why it matters
Targets health outcomes in vulnerable populations. By restricting or eliminating trans fats in institutions like hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities overseen by the Department of Health, the bill aims to protect patients, clients, and patrons who may already be at higher risk for diet-related illnesses.
Forces institutional food system changes. Institutions must review recipes, vendors, and food contracts to comply, prompting broader shifts in food procurement and preparation practices that could ripple into local supply chains and food service standards.
Requires ongoing accountability and transparency. The Department of Health must assess and publicly report on the effectiveness of these rules, potentially informing future public health policy and providing the public and lawmakers with data on progress and recommendations.
Defines trans fats precisely. By specifying that trans fat refers to hydrogenated fats, the bill avoids ambiguity, ensuring that the regulation is clear for compliance and enforcement purposes.
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Ban Trans Fats in Institutions
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3352
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner of health to adopt rules and regulations requiring the restriction or elimination of the use of trans fat in institutions under its jurisdiction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
(w) establish rules and regulations to require any institution under the department's jurisdiction, that also prepares on site, or subcontracts for, meals to its clients, patients or patrons, to restrict or eliminate the use of trans fat from such prepared foods. For purposes of this paragraph, "trans fat" means a specific type of fat formed when liquid fats are made into solid fats by the addition of hydrogen atoms, in a process known as hydrogenation.
§ 2. The commissioner of health shall adopt such rules and regulations not later than one year after the effective date of this act. The department of health's annual report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall include a report assessing the successful implementation of such rules and regulations in reducing and eliminating the use of trans fat in food preparation, and any recommendations relating thereto.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08372-01-7
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