Public Act 095-0828
 		





HB5242 Enrolled
LRB095 16906 KBJ 42949 b






    AN ACT concerning health.

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



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

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




Effective Date:  1/1/2009