Full Text of HB2382 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning healthy food access.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Healthy Food Program Development Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Corner store" means a retail establishment that sells | 8 | | grocery products and has less than 5,000 square feet of | 9 | | selling area. | 10 | | "Department" means the Department of Human Services. | 11 | | "Eligible area" means a historically underutilized | 12 | | business zone, as defined by 15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1). | 13 | | "Farmers' market" means a public market at which farmers | 14 | | and other producers sell fresh produce and healthy foods. | 15 | | "Grocery store" means a retail establishment that has: (1) | 16 | | a primary business of selling grocery products; (2) has at | 17 | | least 5,000 square feet of selling area that is used for a | 18 | | general line of food and non-food grocery products; and (3) | 19 | | meets the eligibility requirements for the federal | 20 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. | 21 | | "Small food retailer" means a small business that is not a | 22 | | grocery store. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. Healthy Food Development Program. | 2 | | (a) The Department may coordinate with the Department of | 3 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a Healthy Food | 4 | | Development Program to expand access to healthy foods in | 5 | | eligible areas in the State by providing assistance to grocery | 6 | | stores, corner stores, farmers' markets, and other small food | 7 | | retailers. | 8 | | (b) The Department of Public Health, Environmental | 9 | | Protection Agency, and other relevant State agencies shall | 10 | | coordinate with the Department and the Department of Commerce | 11 | | and Economic Opportunity upon request to establish the Healthy | 12 | | Food Development Program. | 13 | | Section 15. The Healthy Food Development Program benefits. | 14 | | (a) The Healthy Food Development Program may provide a | 15 | | combination of any or all of the following benefits to grocery | 16 | | stores, corner stores, farmers' markets, or other small food | 17 | | retailers in eligible areas: | 18 | | (1) grants; | 19 | | (2) loans; | 20 | | (3) State tax credits; | 21 | | (4) equipment; | 22 | | (5) other financial assistance; and | 23 | | (6) technical assistance. | 24 | | (b) The benefits provided in subsection (a) shall be | 25 | | awarded to grocery stores, corner stores, farmers' markets, |
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| 1 | | and other small food retailers in eligible areas on a | 2 | | competitive basis, with priority given to projects with the | 3 | | greatest potential impact to expand access to healthy foods in | 4 | | eligible areas that are underserved by retail sales of healthy | 5 | | food in this State. | 6 | | (c) Grocery stores, corner stores, farmers' markets, and | 7 | | other small food retailers are encouraged to work | 8 | | cooperatively to expand access to healthy foods in eligible | 9 | | areas in this State. | 10 | | (d) The Department and the Department of Commerce and | 11 | | Economic Opportunity may contract with non-profit | 12 | | organizations to promote and implement this program. | 13 | | Section 20. Requirements. | 14 | | (a) Grocery stores, corner stores, farmers' markets, and | 15 | | other small retailers participating in the Healthy Food | 16 | | Development Program shall be strongly encouraged to: | 17 | | (1) apply and accept benefits from the federal | 18 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); | 19 | | (2) apply and accept benefits from the federal Women, | 20 | | Infants, and Children (WIC) program; and | 21 | | (3) employ residents of this State. | 22 | | (b) Resources may be provided to assist grocery stores, | 23 | | corner stores, farmers' markets, and other small food | 24 | | retailers in acquiring the necessary technology to accept SNAP | 25 | | and WIC benefits. |
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| 1 | | (c) As a condition of participating in the Healthy Food | 2 | | Development Program, persons or entities operating grocery | 3 | | stores, corner stores, farmers' markets, and other small food | 4 | | retailers shall agree in writing to sell produce or other | 5 | | healthy foods for at least 3 years; provided that this | 6 | | requirement is not applicable if the individual or entity, or | 7 | | its successor ceases all of its retail food sales operations. | 8 | | Section 25. Grocery ambassador. | 9 | | (a) The Department shall designate a grocery ambassador to | 10 | | assist retailers of healthy foods in this State by: (1) | 11 | | providing research and data on eligible areas with | 12 | | insufficient grocery access; (2) coordinating with the | 13 | | Department and the Department of Commerce and Economic | 14 | | Opportunity and other relevant State agencies; (3) providing | 15 | | assistance to small grocery retailers in this State, including | 16 | | obtaining and expediting regulatory procedures; and (4) | 17 | | providing other assistance as needed. | 18 | | (b) The Department and the Department of Commerce and | 19 | | Economic Opportunity may issue grants, on a competitive basis, | 20 | | for the establishment of a commercial distribution system for | 21 | | fresh produce and healthy foods.
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