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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Slater, Blazejewski, Almeida, and Williams

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2014

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     (Administration)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 21-36-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 21-36 entitled "The Inter-

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Agency Food & Nutrition Policy Advisory Council" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     21-36-3. Council composition. -- There shall be an inter-agency food and nutrition

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policy advisory council which shall consist of three (3) five (5) members: the director of health or

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his or her designee; the director of environmental management or his or her designee; and the

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director of administration or his or her designee.; the director of the department of human services

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or his or her designee; and the director of the division of elderly affairs or his or her designee. The

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members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among themselves.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS

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     This act would increase the membership of the Inter-agency food and nutrition policy

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advisory council from three (3) to five (5) members, expanding the council to include the director

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of the department of human services and the director of the division of elderly affairs, or their

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designees.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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