Revision: April 7, 2021, 9:47 a.m.
HB 500 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
7Apr2021... 0474h
2021 SESSION
21-0778
06/11
HOUSE BILL 500
AN ACT relative to reducing school food waste and addressing child hunger.
SPONSORS: Rep. Loughman, Rock. 21; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 22; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Ward, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits a school to partner with a nonprofit to freeze leftover school food that was never served to send home with children who participate in a free or reduced price meals program.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Apr2021... 0474h 21-0778
06/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to reducing school food waste and addressing child hunger.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Powers of School Districts; Reduction of School Food Waste. Amend RSA 194 by inserting after section 3-d the following new section:
194:3-e Reduction of School Food Waste. A school may partner with a nonprofit or implement a program on its own to make leftover school food, that was prepared but never served, into frozen to-go meals or portions for distribution in compliance with state food safety regulations and Federal Food and Drug Administration requirements and guidelines. The protections of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, 42 U.S.C section 1791, shall apply to any participating school. The school may send such frozen meals or portions home with any child whose family indicates a desire to participate in such program.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.