Amended in Senate May 7, 2014

Amended in Senate April 8, 2014

Senate Bill No. 949

Introduced by Senator Jackson

February 6, 2014

An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 104670) to Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to nutrition.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 949, as amended, Jackson. Nutrition: Distinguished After School Health Recognition Program.

Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, provides, among other things, a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. begin insert Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of various types of child care facilities, including day care centers, by the State Department of Social Services. end insert

This bill would establish the Distinguished After School Health (DASH) Recognition Program, to be administered by the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the State Department of Education. The bill would require the department to develop a process whereby an after school program, as defined, may self-certify on the department’s Internet Web site that they meet prescribed requirements, including staff training on healthy eating and physical activity, providing healthy food and drinks to participants, and providing participants with physical activity and limited screen time. The bill would require the department to include in the self-certification process on the Internet Web site an option to create a certificate, using a template begin delete provided end delete begin insert designed end insert by the department, that includes specified information, including the manner in which the program meets the above requirements. The certificate would be valid for one year and this bill would require the department to post a list of after school programs that have self-certified on its Internet Web site.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Distinguished After School Health Recognition Program.

SEC. 2.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Childhood obesity poses a serious threat to the children of
our state and to their future.

(b) According to the American Heart Association, 23.9 million
children in America who are 2 to 19 years of age, inclusive, are
overweight or obese and, of these children, more than one-half,
12.7 million, are obese.

(c) In California one out of three children is obese or overweight.

(d) The medical and workforce consequences of childhood
obesity also threaten the fiscal viability of our health care system
and our economy if not addressed. California costs attributable to
physical inactivity, obesity, and overweight in 2011 were estimated
at $52.7 billion.

(e) The after school provider community has the reach and
opportunity to provide a healthy after school experience to over
1,500,000 children in the out-of-school time period. These numbers
include 4,400 publicly funded after school programs in California,
including After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) and
21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) programs that
serve over 450,000 low-income students (K-12th grade) statewide,
public and nonprofit after school programs, and 600,000 schoolage
children in licensed childcare settings.

SEC. 3.  

Article 4 (commencing with Section 104670) is added
to Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety
Code, to read:

 

Article 4.  Distinguished After School Health Recognition
Program

 

104670.  

The Distinguished After School Health Recognition
Program is hereby established, to be administered by the State
Department of Public Health, in consultation with the State
Department of Education, as appropriate.

104671.  

For purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply:

(a) “After school program” means After School Education and
Safety Program (ASES), 21st Century High School After School
Safety and Enrichment for Teens (High School ASSETs) program,
and other qualified out-of-school time begin delete and licensed childcare end delete
programs begin delete conducted under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
8200) of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code that
are end delete begin insert that serve schoolage children end insert outside of regular school hours,
including before school and on weekends.

(b) “DASH recognition program” means the Distinguished After
School Health Recognition Program enacted pursuant to this article.

(c) “Program attendee” means a person enrolled in an after
school program.

(d) “Screen time” means time spent begin insert viewing or end insert working on
television, videos, computers, and hand-held devices, with or
without Internet access.

104672.  

The department shall develop a process, to be
administered on its Internet Web site, for an after school program
to self-certify that it meets all of the criteria of this article.

104673.  

The process required by Section 104672 shall provide
an after school program with the option to create a certificate,
using a template designed by the department, that includes a
description demonstrating the manner in which the after school
program meets, each of the following:

(a) Each staff member of the after school program has received
training on the standards of this article and the importance of
modeling healthy eating and physical activity. Training shall be
in accordance with the YMCA of the USA, the Center for
Collaborative Solutions, A World Fit For Kids!, the National
Institute on Out-of-School Time, or other similar programs.

(b) The after school program provides regular and ongoing
nutrition education to each program attendee to help the program
attendee develop and practice healthy habits.

(c) The after school program ensures that each program attendee
participates, on a daily basis, in an average of 30 to 60 minutes of
moderate to vigorous physical activity, consistent with Guidelines
7 and 8 of the California Department of Education’s California
After School Physical Activity Guidelines, while the after school
program is in session.

(d) Screen time is limited during the operational hours of the
after school program and is only allowed in connection with
homework or an activity that engages program attendees in a
physical activity or educational experience, consistent with the
California After School Physical Activity Guidelines.

(e) Healthy foods, including, but not limited to, fruits or
vegetables, without added sugar, shall be served to program
attendees as snacks on a daily basis. Fried foods, candy, or foods
that are primarily sugar-based, high in sodium, or include trans fat
shall not be served to program attendees or consumed by staff
during the program’s hours of operation. Snacks or meals provided
pursuant to the After School Education and Safety Program
(ASES), the 21st Century High School After School Safety and
Enrichment for Teens (High School ASSETs) program, and the
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal guidelines
shall be deemed to meet this standard.

(f) Program attendees shall be served water, low-fat or nonfat
milk, or 100 percent fruit juice. A preference shall be given for
water. Safe and clean drinking water shall be available and
accessible at all times to program attendees and staff. Milk and
fruit juices shall not be served in quantities exceeding eight ounces
per day. Sugar-sweetened beverages shall not be served to program
attendees and staff of the after school program shall not consume
sugar-sweetened beverages at the program site.

(g) If the after school program is conducting a fundraiser during
program hours, all of the following shall apply:

(1) Items sold shall be in compliance with the requirements
specified in subdivisions (e) and (f).

(2) Sales shall be in compliance with the USDA Competitive
Food Sales regulations.

(3) Sales shall not be scheduled during snack or meal service.

(h) If the after school program is located on a school site, the
after school program communicates with the school regarding
nutrition education and physical activity, as appropriate, to provide
the program attendees with a complete educational experience.
All activities shall also adhere to the school district’s wellness
policy.

(i) The after school program has implemented an educational
program for parents of program attendees that provides the parents
with nutrition and physical activity information relevant to the
program and the health of their children.

(j) Information about the implementation of the requirements
listed in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, is available for review
by a parent at both the physical location of the after school program
and on the after school program’s Internet Web site, if there is one.

104674.  

A certificate issued under this article shall be valid
for one calendar year. An after school program that wishes to create
a new certificate for the subsequent year shall, by January 1 of that
year, self-certify on the department’s Internet Web site, pursuant
to Section 104672, that the program continues to follow the DASH
recognition program criteria pursuant to Section 104673. A
certificate issued pursuant to this article shall state that all
information included in the certificate is provided by the after
school program and is not verified by the department.

104675.  

The department shall maintain and update a list of
after school programs that self-certify under the provisions of this
article and shall post that list on its Internet Web site, including
the date of self-certification for each after school program.