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House Bill 1622 |
House Author: Giddings et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 1622 amends the Agriculture Code to require the Department of Agriculture to develop and implement a children's access to nutritious food program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of allowing food banks to provide children at risk of hunger or obesity with access to nutritious food outside the school day. The bill establishes eligibility requirements for a nonprofit organization to receive such a grant. An organization must have at least five years of experience in coordinating a statewide network of food banks and charitable organizations offering similar programs. The bill authorizes a grant recipient to use the grant only for the purchase of specified nutritious foods. It requires a grant recipient to report to the department at regular intervals on the results of the recipient's program.