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H0829......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
HEALTHY IDAHO ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Adds to existing law to create the
Healthy Idaho Advisory Committee; to set forth membership; to provide for
the election of a chair; to provide that a majority constitutes a quorum;
to require monthly meetings; to provide that members serve without pay; to
provide that the committee shall make recommendations; and to set forth
considerations.
03/09 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/10 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
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AYES -- Andersen, Block, Boe, Cuddy, Deal, Douglas, Edmunson,
Field(18), Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg,
Langhorst, Martinez, Miller, Mitchell, Naccarato, Pasley-Stuart,
Ring, Ringo, Robison, Sayler, Shepherd, Shirley, Smith(30), Smylie,
Snodgrass, Trail, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Black, Bolz,
Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Denney, Eberle,
Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(23), Gagner, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford,
McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Moyle, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger,
Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Skippen, Stevenson, Wills, Wood
Absent and excused -- Smith(24)
Floor Sponsor - Henbest
Filed in the Office of the Chief Clerk
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 829
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE HEALTHY IDAHO ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE
3 56, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 56-1054, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 CREATE THE HEALTHY IDAHO ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TO SET FORTH MEMBERSHIP, TO
5 PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF A CHAIR, TO PROVIDE THAT A MAJORITY CONSTI-
6 TUTES A QUORUM, TO REQUIRE MONTHLY MEETINGS, TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS SERVE
7 WITHOUT PAY, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMITTEE SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
8 TO SET FORTH CONSIDERATIONS.
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
10 SECTION 1. That Chapter 10, Title 56, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
11 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
12 ignated as Section 56-1054, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
13 56-1054. HEALTHY IDAHO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (1) There is hereby created
14 within the office of the governor a "Healthy Idaho Advisory Committee," here-
15 inafter referred to as the committee, to consist of up to fourteen (14) mem-
16 bers. The members of the committee may represent the following:
17 (a) One (1) representative from each of the following to be appointed by
18 the governor:
19 (i) The department of health and welfare;
20 (ii) Idaho dietetic association;
21 (iii) Idaho academy of pediatrics;
22 (iv) Idaho academy of family practice;
23 (v) Idaho association of health, physical education, recreation and
24 dance;
25 (vi) One (1) member to represent jointly the Idaho heart associa-
26 tion, the American cancer society, and the American lung association;
27 and
28 (vii) One (1) member from "Idaho on the Move"; and
29 (b) One (1) representative from each of the following to be appointed by
30 the superintendent of public instruction:
31 (i) Department of education;
32 (ii) Idaho school food service association;
33 (iii) School nurses of Idaho;
34 (iv) Idaho association of school administrators; and
35 (v) A parent-teacher association (PTA) or parent-teacher organiza-
36 tion (PTO) in Idaho; and
37 (c) One (1) representative of the Idaho transportation department to be
38 appointed by the director of the Idaho transportation department; and
39 (d) One (1) member from "Action for Healthy Kids."
40 (2) The committee shall elect one (1) of its members to act as chair for
41 a term of one (1) year. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum
42 for the transaction of business. The committee shall meet at least monthly.
43 Members of the committee shall serve without pay pursuant to section
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1 59-509(b), Idaho Code.
2 (3) The committee shall make recommendations to the governor, the legis-
3 lature, the state board of education and the state board of health and welfare
4 consistent with the intent and purposes of this section. The committee shall
5 develop nutrition and physical activity recommendations and shall develop rec-
6 ommendations for the promotion of a statewide program to address physical in-
7 activity and obesity. The committee shall consider the following:
8 (a) Statewide initiatives to increase the physical activity and fitness
9 of Idahoans;
10 (b) Promotion of walking and biking in communities;
11 (c) Dissemination of nutritional information to the public;
12 (d) Foods sold individually in school cafeterias but outside the regu-
13 lated national school lunch program;
14 (e) Competitive foods as defined by the United States department of agri-
15 culture, as in existence on January 1, 2004, and offered at schools typi-
16 cally through vending machines, student stores, school fundraisers, food
17 carts or food concessions, and schools' energy expenditure costs for such
18 vending machines;
19 (f) The expenditure of funds derived from competitive food and beverage
20 contracts;
21 (g) Physical education and activity in schools;
22 (h) Systems to ensure the implementation of nutrition and physical activ-
23 ity standards in schools; and
24 (i) The monitoring and evaluating of results and reporting of outcomes.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14238C1
This legislation will create a Healthy Idaho Advisory
Committee within the Office of the Governor that will require
reporting to the Governor and the legislation on a broad number
of issues related to diet and exercise in Idaho and in Idaho
schools.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.
Contact
Name: Representative Margaret Henbest
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 829