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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0263* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 263 | |
| 11 | 8 | J1 2lr0822 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 2lr1230 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Beidle | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2022 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Finance | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | Committee amendments withdrawn, February 18, 2022 | |
| 18 | - | Senate action: Adopted with floor amendments | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: February 18, 2022 | |
| 20 | 13 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 17 | ||
| 25 | 18 | Health – Food Service Facilities – Beverage Options With Children’s Meals 2 | |
| 26 | 19 | ||
| 27 | 20 | FOR the purpose of requiring a food service facility that offers children’s meals to offer 3 | |
| 28 | 21 | certain beverages as the default beverages included with the meal; and generally 4 | |
| 29 | 22 | relating to food service facilities and children’s meals. 5 | |
| 30 | 23 | ||
| 31 | 24 | BY adding to 6 | |
| 32 | 25 | Article – Health – General 7 | |
| 33 | 26 | Section 21–330.3 8 | |
| 34 | 27 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 35 | 28 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10 | |
| 36 | 29 | ||
| 37 | 30 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 | |
| 38 | 31 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 | |
| 39 | 32 | ||
| 40 | 33 | Article – Health – General 13 | |
| 41 | 34 | ||
| 42 | 35 | 21–330.3. 14 | |
| 43 | 36 | ||
| 44 | 37 | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 15 | |
| 45 | 38 | INDICATED. 16 | |
| 46 | 39 | ||
| 47 | 40 | (2) “CHILDREN’S MEAL” MEANS A COMBINATION OF FOOD AND 17 | |
| 48 | - | BEVERAGE: 18 2 SENATE BILL 263 | |
| 41 | + | BEVERAGE: 18 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | (I) SOLD TOGETHER AT A SI NGLE PRICE BY A FOOD SERVICE 19 | |
| 44 | + | FACILITY; AND 20 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (II) PRIMARILY INTENDED FO R CONSUMPTION BY CHI LDREN. 21 2 SENATE BILL 263 | |
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 51 | 49 | ||
| 52 | - | (I) SOLD TOGETHER AT A SI NGLE PRICE BY A FOOD SERVICE 1 | |
| 53 | - | FACILITY; AND 2 | |
| 50 | + | (3) “DEFAULT BEVERAGE ” MEANS A BEVERAGE AUT OMATICALLY 1 | |
| 51 | + | INCLUDED OR OFFERED AS PART OF A CHILDRE N’S MEAL ABSENT A SPEC IFIC 2 | |
| 52 | + | REQUEST FOR A SUBSTITUTE OR ALTE RNATE BEVERAGE BY TH E PURCHASER OF THE 3 | |
| 53 | + | CHILDREN’S MEAL. 4 | |
| 54 | 54 | ||
| 55 | - | (II) PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR CONSUMP TION BY CHILDREN . 3 | |
| 55 | + | (B) A FOOD SERVICE FACILIT Y OFFERING CHILDREN ’S MEALS FOR SALE 5 | |
| 56 | + | SHALL OFFER AS THE DEFAULT BEVERAGE WIT H THE CHILDREN ’S MEAL: 6 | |
| 56 | 57 | ||
| 57 | - | (3) “DEFAULT BEVERAGE ” MEANS A BEVERAGE AUT OMATICALLY 4 | |
| 58 | - | INCLUDED OR OFFERED AS PART OF A CHILDRE N’S MEAL ABSENT A SPEC IFIC 5 | |
| 59 | - | REQUEST FOR A SUBSTI TUTE OR ALTERNATE BE VERAGE BY THE PURCHA SER OF THE 6 | |
| 60 | - | CHILDREN’S MEAL. 7 | |
| 58 | + | (1) WATER THAT IS UNFLAVORED , UNSWEETENED , AND 7 | |
| 59 | + | UNCARBONATED ; 8 | |
| 61 | 60 | ||
| 62 | - | ( | |
| 63 | - | ||
| 61 | + | (2) (I) WHOLE, NONFAT, OR LOW FAT 1% OR 2% PASTEURIZED COW 9 | |
| 62 | + | MILK WITH NO ADDED FLAVORS OR SWEETENERS ; OR 10 | |
| 64 | 63 | ||
| 65 | - | (1) WATER THAT IS UNFLAVO RED, UNSWEETENED , AND 10 | |
| 66 | - | UNCARBONATED WATER, SPARKLING WATER , OR FLAVORED WATER , WITH NO 11 | |
| 67 | - | ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR OR WITH NO ADDED NATURA L OR ARTIFICIAL SWEE TENERS; 12 | |
| 64 | + | (II) A NONDAIRY BEVERAGE THA T IS NUTRITIONALLY 11 | |
| 65 | + | EQUIVALENT TO FLUID COW MILK IN A SERVING OF 8 OUNCES OR LESS ; OR 12 | |
| 68 | 66 | ||
| 69 | - | (2) (I) WHOLE, NONFAT, OR LOW FAT 1% OR 2% PASTEURIZED COW 13 | |
| 70 | - | MILK WITH NO ADDED F LAVORS OR SWEETENERS ; OR 14 | |
| 67 | + | (3) A BEVERAGE IN A SERVIN G OF 6 OUNCES OR LESS THAT CONSISTS 13 | |
| 68 | + | OF 100% FRUIT JUICE OR VEGET ABLE JUICE OR A COMBINATION OF 100% FRUIT 14 | |
| 69 | + | JUICE AND VEGETABLE JUICE. 15 | |
| 71 | 70 | ||
| 72 | - | (II) A NONDAIRY BEVERAGE TH AT IS NUTRITIONALLY 15 | |
| 73 | - | EQUIVALENT TO FLUID COW MILK IN A SERVIN G OF 8 OUNCES OR LESS MILK OR A 16 | |
| 74 | - | NONDAIRY MILK ALTERN ATIVE; OR 17 | |
| 71 | + | (C) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE A FOOD SERV ICE FACILITY FROM 16 | |
| 72 | + | PROVIDING, ON A PURCHASER ’S REQUEST , ANY LAWFUL BEVERAGE AS A 17 | |
| 73 | + | SUBSTITUTE OR ALTERN ATIVE FOR THE DEFAULT BEVERAGE OFFERED IN 18 | |
| 74 | + | ACCORDANCE WITH SUBS ECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. 19 | |
| 75 | 75 | ||
| 76 | - | (3) A BEVERAGE IN A SERVIN G OF 6 8 OUNCES OR LESS THAT 18 | |
| 77 | - | CONSISTS OF 100% FRUIT JUICE OR VEGET ABLE JUICE OR A COMBINATION OF 100% 19 | |
| 78 | - | FRUIT JUICE AND VEGE TABLE JUICE COMBINED WITH WATER OR SPARKLING 20 | |
| 79 | - | WATER, WITH NO ADDED NATURA L OR ARTIFICIAL SWEE TENERS. 21 | |
| 80 | - | ||
| 81 | - | (C) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE A FOOD SERV ICE FACILITY FROM 22 | |
| 82 | - | PROVIDING, ON A PURCHASER ’S REQUEST , ANY LAWFUL BEVERAGE AS A 23 | |
| 83 | - | SUBSTITUTE OR ALTERN ATIVE FOR THE DEFAUL T BEVERAGE OFFERED I N 24 | |
| 84 | - | ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. 25 | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | (D) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PREE MPT A COUNTY OR 26 | |
| 87 | - | MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FROM ENACTING AND EN FORCING MORE STRINGE NT 27 | |
| 88 | - | MEASURES LIMITING DE FAULT BEVERAGES INCL UDED WITH CHILDREN ’S MEALS 28 | |
| 89 | - | OFFERED BY A FOOD SE RVICE FACILITY. 29 | |
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| 91 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 30 | |
| 92 | - | October 1, 2022. 31 | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 76 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That t his Act shall take effect 20 | |
| 77 | + | October 1, 2022. 21 |