HB5472 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5472

Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 125/3.5 new
30 ILCS 805/8.34 new

Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Requires a school board (including the board of a private school) that (1) completes a nutritional analysis of traditional or enhanced food-based menu plans as part of the State review process, (2) provides its meals under a nutrient-based menu plan, or (3) uses software that calculates the nutritional content of foods or menus to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that all other school boards are strongly encouraged to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that a school board may determine the frequency and manner of publication. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 125/3.5 new)

Sec. 3.5. Publication of lunch menu.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1) Different studies found that African-Americans are from 1.4 to 2.2 times more likely to have diabetes than caucasians.

(2) Hispanic-Americans have a higher prevalence of diabetes than non-Hispanic persons, with the highest rates for type 2 diabetes among Puerto Ricans and Hispanic people living in the Southwest and the lowest rate among Cubans.

(3) The prevalence of diabetes among American-Indians is 2.8 times the overall rate.

(4) Major groups within the Asian and Pacific Islander communities, including Japanese-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Filipino-Americans, and Korean-Americans all had a higher prevalence of diabetes than those of caucasians.

(b) A school board that does any one of the following must publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item:

(1) Completes a nutritional analysis of traditional or enhanced food-based menu plans as part of the State review process.

(2) Provides its meals under a nutrient-based menu plan.

(3) Uses software that calculates the nutritional content of foods or menus. All other school boards are strongly encouraged to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item.

A school board may determine the frequency and manner of publication.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.34 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.34 new)

Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.