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    AN ACT concerning health.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:



 
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    Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 3.2 as follows:
 
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    (410 ILCS 625/3.2  new)
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    Sec. 3.2. Food banks.
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    (a) For purposes of this Section, "food bank" means a 
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public or charitable institution that maintains an established 
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operation involving the provision of food or edible commodities 
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to food pantries, soup kitchens, hunger relief centers, or 
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other feeding programs that, as an integral part of their 
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normal activities, provide meals or food to needy persons.
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    (b) All food banks that provide food to feeding programs in 
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Illinois shall provide a list of its member food pantries, soup 
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kitchens, hunger relief centers, and other feeding programs to 
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the State-certified local public health department or 
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departments having jurisdiction in its service area.  Food banks 
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must provide this list to local public health departments 
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annually and the listing shall include the following 
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information about each food pantry, soup kitchen, hunger relief 
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center, and other feeding program:
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        (1) agency name;
 


 






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        (2) type of feeding program;
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        (3) address;
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        (4) phone number; and
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        (5) fax number.
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    The intent of having food banks provide this information 
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annually to the local public health department is solely for 
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the purpose of ensuring that food recall alerts and other 
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pertinent information will be communicated to food pantries, 
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soup kitchens, hunger relief centers, and other feeding 
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programs in a timely fashion.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2009.