83R4205 MEW-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 749
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a plan to increase participation in the summer food
service program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 12.00291 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.00291. PLAN TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN SUMMER
FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM. (a) The department shall develop and
implement a five-year plan to increase participation in the summer
food service program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1761. The plan must
include:
(1) methods to increase participation by eligible
children; and
(2) strategies to increase access to summer meals in
rural areas.
(b) In developing the plan, the department shall involve any
appropriate department advisory committee and shall seek the
participation of the Texas Hunger Initiative.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2015, the department shall
submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house
of representatives, and appropriate standing committees of the
legislature a report regarding the implementation status of the
plan.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2018.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.