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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 88
February Session, 2020
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Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING CH ILDREN'S MENUS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Authorized agent" means an individual certified by the 2
Commissioner of Public Health to inspect food service establishments 3
and enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-36a of the 4
general statutes, as amended by this act; 5
(2) "Grouped children's meal" means one or more food items and a 6
beverage sold together at a single price and intended primarily for 7
consumption by a child; 8
(3) "Children's menu" means a restaurant menu that contains only 9
grouped children's meals, a section of a restaurant menu that contains 10
only grouped children's meals or an advertisement for a grouped 11
children's meal; 12
(4) "Director of health" has the same meaning as provided in section 13
19a-36g of the general statutes; 14
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(5) "Nondairy milk alternative" means a fluid milk substitute that 15
meets the standards established pursuant to the National School Lunch 16
Program meal requirements for lunches and requirements for 17
afterschool snacks, 7 CFR 210.10; and 18
(6) "Restaurant" means any entity that is licensed, permitted, 19
registered or inspected as a food service establishment by a local health 20
department or district health department pursuant to regulations 21
adopted under section 19a-36a of the general statutes, as amended by 22
this act, other than a grocery store or a school, institution or entity that 23
participates in a child nutrition program administered by the United 24
States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. 25
(b) On and after January 1, 2021, any beverage included on a 26
children's menu shall be water, sparkling water, flavored water that 27
contains no added sugar or sweeteners, water flavored with fruit or 28
vegetable juice that contains no added sugar or sweeteners and not more 29
than one-half gram of sugar per ounce, unflavored milk or a nondairy 30
milk alternative. 31
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a restaurant from selling a 32
beverage that is not included on a children's menu as part of a grouped 33
children's meal upon the request of a customer. 34
(d) Any restaurant that offers grouped children's meals for sale shall, 35
as part of a regularly scheduled food service establishment inspection 36
conducted by an authorized agent, provide a copy of any children's 37
menu used by such restaurant to such authorized agent. 38
Sec. 2. Section 19a-36a of the general statutes is repealed and the 39
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 40
(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in 41
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure that food service 42
establishments employ as food operators persons who have a 43
knowledge of safe food handling techniques and to set requirements for 44
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the employment of food operators by such establishments. Such 45
regulations shall include, but not be limited to, responsibilities of food 46
service establishments and their employees, exemptions for certain 47
classes of food establishments and responsibilities of local health 48
departments in monitoring compliance of food establishments. 49
(b) On or before January 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Public Health 50
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, 51
to require regularly scheduled food service establishment inspections to 52
include a review of all children's menus, as defined in section 1 of this 53
act, for compliance with the provisions of section 1 of this act. 54
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 19a-36a
Statement of Purpose:
To require restaurants to include certain beverages on children's menus
and in children's meals.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]