HR0701ham001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 701

AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 701 by replacing everything after the title with the following:

"WHEREAS, Pursuant to House Resolution 147, the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, has conducted a sugar consumption study to determine the effect of sugar consumption on the overall health of school children; and

WHEREAS, The January 2004 study, which reviewed the literature on the relationships between increased sugar consumption in children's diets and health outcomes, found no clear, direct link between cavities and modest school-age consumption of sugared soft drinks; and

WHEREAS, As a result of such lack of data, the Department of Public Health is currently conducting a statewide survey to collect current cavities data; and

WHEREAS, The study has found that an inactive lifestyle and sedentary behavior is troubling and has a deleterious effect on childhood obesity and its health-related consequences; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Public Health's report on sugar consumption stated a suggestion to "create a Nutritional Advisory Committee to recommend state-wide school standards for nutrition including formulating a state-wide policy on vending machines in all schools"; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the Nutrition Advisory Committee, to be made up of 19 members as follows: the President of the Senate or his or her designee, the Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her designee, the Speaker of the House or his or her designee, the Minority Leader of the House or his or her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her designee, the Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, and the State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee; and the following: 2 representatives of Illinois Soft Drink Association, 2 representatives of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, one representative of the Illinois State Dental Society, one licensed dietician representing the Illinois Dietetic Association, one representative of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, one representative of the Illinois Coaches Association, one member of the Illinois Association of School Boards, one representative of the Illinois School Food Service Association, one representative of the Illinois Principals Association, and one certified diabetes educator from the American Diabetes Association; and be it further

RESOLVED, That Committee members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose, that the Committee shall meet initially at the joint call of the 4 legislative leaders, that the Committee shall select one member as chairperson at its initial meeting and thereafter meet at the call of the chairperson, that the Committee shall receive the assistance of staff of the Department of Public Health, and that the Committee shall report its findings and recommendations concerning school standards for nutrition to the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2005; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Director of Public Health, the Secretary of Human Services, the State Superintendent of Education, the Illinois Soft Drink Association, the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, the Illinois State Dental Society, the Illinois Dietetic Association, the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, the Illinois Coaches Association, the Illinois Association of School Boards, the Illinois School Food Service Association, the Illinois Principals Association, and the American Diabetes Association.".