Full Text of HB0612 94th General Assembly
HB0612eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 |
| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 |
| amended by adding Section 2310-371.5 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-371.5 new)
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| Sec. 2310-371.5. Childhood Health Promotion Program. | 9 |
| (a) Subject to appropriations for this purpose, the | 10 |
| Department shall establish a Childhood Health Promotion | 11 |
| Program to prevent and reduce the incidence and prevalence of | 12 |
| obesity in children and adolescents, especially among | 13 |
| populations with high rates of obesity and obesity-related | 14 |
| health complications including, but not limited to, diabetes, | 15 |
| heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, asthma and other | 16 |
| conditions. The program shall use recommendations and goals of | 17 |
| the United States Departments of Agriculture and Health and | 18 |
| Human Services, the Surgeon General, and the Centers for | 19 |
| Disease Control and Prevention in developing and implementing | 20 |
| guidelines for nutrition education and physical activity | 21 |
| projects as part of childhood health prevention efforts. The | 22 |
| content and implementation of the program shall stress the | 23 |
| benefits of choosing a balanced, healthful diet from the many | 24 |
| options available to consumers, without specifically targeting | 25 |
| the elimination of any particular food group, food product, or | 26 |
| food-related industry. | 27 |
| (b) The program may include, but need not be limited to, | 28 |
| the following features: | 29 |
| (1) Developing media health promotion campaigns | 30 |
| targeted to children and adolescents and their parents and | 31 |
| caregivers that emphasize increasing consumption of | 32 |
| low-calorie, high nutrient foods, decreasing consumption |
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| of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods, and increasing | 2 |
| physical activity designed to prevent or reduce obesity. | 3 |
| (2) Establishing school-based childhood nutrition | 4 |
| education and physical activity programs including | 5 |
| linkages to physical and health education courses. | 6 |
| (3) Establishing community-based childhood nutrition | 7 |
| education and physical activity programs including | 8 |
| programs which involve parents and caregivers. | 9 |
| (4) Coordinating with the State Board of Education, | 10 |
| Department of Human Services, Department of Children and | 11 |
| Family Services, Department of Public Aid, and other | 12 |
| federal, State, and local agencies to incorporate | 13 |
| strategies of the program into government food assistance, | 14 |
| health, education, and recreation programs. | 15 |
| (5) Sponsoring periodic conferences or meetings to | 16 |
| bring together experts in nutrition, exercise, public | 17 |
| health, mental health, education, parenting, media, food | 18 |
| marketing, food security, agriculture, community planning, | 19 |
| and other disciplines to examine societal-based solutions | 20 |
| to the problem of childhood obesity and issue guidelines | 21 |
| and recommendations for State policy and programs. | 22 |
| (6) Developing training programs for medical and other | 23 |
| health professionals to teach practical skills in | 24 |
| nutrition and exercise education to children and their | 25 |
| parents and caregivers. | 26 |
| (c) The Department shall periodically collect and analyze | 27 |
| information from schools, health and nutrition programs, and | 28 |
| other sources to determine the prevalence of childhood obesity | 29 |
| in the State and to evaluate, to the extent possible, the | 30 |
| effectiveness of the program. | 31 |
| (d) The Department may, directly or through contract, | 32 |
| administer the program within the amount of funds available. | 33 |
| The Department shall also make grants, within the amount of | 34 |
| funds available, for community-based projects targeted to | 35 |
| high-risk populations to implement the provisions of this | 36 |
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| Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 2 |
| 10-20.40 and 34-18.32 as follows: | 3 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 new)
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| Sec. 10-20.40. School District Nutrition Advisory | 5 |
| Committees. | 6 |
| (a) To authorize and encourage every district to establish | 7 |
| a Child Nutrition Advisory Committee, which shall: | 8 |
| (1) Include, but is not limited to, a representative of | 9 |
| the school district, the food preparation staff, the | 10 |
| physical education departments, the school nurse or health | 11 |
| staff, a registered dietitian, if available, the faculty of | 12 |
| the district, the parent teacher associations in the | 13 |
| district, the students enrolled in the district, and the | 14 |
| parents or guardians of students enrolled in the district | 15 |
| which shall meet at least quarterly; or if it is not | 16 |
| possible or practical for all groups recommended to have | 17 |
| members on the committee to be represented, the district | 18 |
| may approve a committee that, to the greatest extent | 19 |
| possible, represents the interests of the recommended | 20 |
| groups. | 21 |
| (2) Study all facets of the current nutritional | 22 |
| policies of the district including, but not limited to, the | 23 |
| goals of the district to promote health and proper | 24 |
| nutrition, vending machine sales, menu criteria, | 25 |
| educational curriculum teaching health nutrition, | 26 |
| educational information provided to parents or guardians | 27 |
| regarding healthy nutrition and the health risks | 28 |
| associated with obesity, opportunities offered to parents | 29 |
| or guardians to encourage healthier eating habits to | 30 |
| students, and the education provided to teachers and other | 31 |
| staff as to the importance of health nutrition. | 32 |
| (3) Consider recommendations and practices of other | 33 |
| districts and nutrition studies. | 34 |
| (4) Report the status of the implementation of the |
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| district's programs to improve students' nutritional | 2 |
| awareness and a healthy diet to the board of the local | 3 |
| school district. | 4 |
| (5) Report periodically to the district regarding | 5 |
| practices that will educate teachers, parents or | 6 |
| guardians, and children about healthy nutrition and raise | 7 |
| awareness of the dangers of obesity. The committee is also | 8 |
| encouraged to provide any parent teacher association in the | 9 |
| district with such findings and recommendations. | 10 |
| (b) The district is encouraged to give, in a newsletter, if | 11 |
| any, that precedes the commencement of school in the fall, | 12 |
| written notice to all parents or guardians of enrolled students | 13 |
| of the existence of the committee and supply information as to | 14 |
| how interested parents or guardians may participate on the | 15 |
| committee. The district is encouraged to give notice to all | 16 |
| parents or guardians and students, through its regular | 17 |
| newsletters or other regular forms of written communication, of | 18 |
| the scheduled dates of committee meetings.
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.32 new)
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| Sec. 34-18.32. School Board Nutrition Advisory Committees. | 21 |
| (a) The board shall authorize and encourage the | 22 |
| establishment of a Child Nutrition Advisory Committee, which | 23 |
| shall: | 24 |
| (1) Include, but is not limited to, a representative of | 25 |
| the board, school preparation staff, physical education | 26 |
| departments, school nurses or health staff, a registered | 27 |
| dietitian, if available, faculty, parent teacher | 28 |
| associations in the district, enrolled students, and | 29 |
| parents or guardians of enrolled students, which shall meet | 30 |
| at least quarterly; or if it is not possible or practical | 31 |
| for all groups recommended to have members on the committee | 32 |
| to be represented, the board may approve a committee that, | 33 |
| to the greatest extent possible, represents the interests | 34 |
| of the recommended groups. | 35 |
| (2) Study all facets of the current nutritional |
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| policies of the district including, but not limited to, the | 2 |
| goals of the district to promote health and proper | 3 |
| nutrition, vending machine sales, menu criteria, | 4 |
| educational curriculum teaching health nutrition, | 5 |
| educational information provided to parents or guardians | 6 |
| regarding healthy nutrition and the health risks | 7 |
| associated with obesity, opportunities offered to parents | 8 |
| or guardians to encourage healthier eating habits to | 9 |
| students, and the education provided to teachers and other | 10 |
| staff as to the importance of health nutrition. | 11 |
| (3) Consider recommendations and practices of other | 12 |
| schools and nutrition studies. | 13 |
| (4) Report the status of the implementation of the | 14 |
| district's programs to improve students' nutritional | 15 |
| awareness and a healthy diet to the board. | 16 |
| (5) Report periodically to the board regarding | 17 |
| practices that will educate teachers, parents or | 18 |
| guardians, and children about healthy nutrition and raise | 19 |
| awareness of the dangers of obesity. The committee is also | 20 |
| encouraged to provide any parent teacher association in the | 21 |
| district with such findings and recommendations. | 22 |
| (b) The board is encouraged to give, in a newsletter, if | 23 |
| any, that precedes the commencement of school in the fall, | 24 |
| written notice to all parents or guardians of enrolled students | 25 |
| of the existence of the committee and supply information as to | 26 |
| how interested parents or guardians may participate on the | 27 |
| committee. The board is encouraged to give notice to all | 28 |
| parents or guardians and students, through its regular | 29 |
| newsletters or other regular forms of written communication, of | 30 |
| the scheduled dates of committee meetings.
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