Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/5/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5242
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5242 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 3.2 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (410 ILCS 625/3.2 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3.2. Food banks. | ||||||
8 | (a) For purposes of this Section, "food bank" means a | ||||||
9 | public or charitable institution that maintains an established | ||||||
10 | operation involving the provision of food or edible commodities | ||||||
11 | to food pantries, soup kitchens, hunger relief centers, or | ||||||
12 | other feeding programs that, as an integral part of their | ||||||
13 | normal activities, provide meals or food to needy persons. | ||||||
14 | (b) All food banks that provide food to feeding programs in | ||||||
15 | Illinois shall provide a list of its member food pantries, soup | ||||||
16 | kitchens, hunger relief centers, and other feeding programs to |
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1 | the State-certified local public health department or | ||||||
2 | departments having jurisdiction in its service area. Food banks | ||||||
3 | must provide this list to local public health departments | ||||||
4 | annually and the listing shall include the following | ||||||
5 | information about each food pantry, soup kitchen, hunger relief | ||||||
6 | center, and other feeding program: | ||||||
7 | (1) agency name; | ||||||
8 | (2) type of feeding program; | ||||||
9 | (3) address; | ||||||
10 | (4) phone number; and | ||||||
11 | (5) fax number. | ||||||
12 | The intent of having food banks provide this information | ||||||
13 | annually to the local public health department is solely for | ||||||
14 | the purpose of ensuring that food recall alerts and other | ||||||
15 | pertinent information will be communicated to food pantries, | ||||||
16 | soup kitchens, hunger relief centers, and other feeding | ||||||
17 | programs in a timely fashion.
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
19 | 1, 2009.".
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