BILL NUMBER: AB 2084	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 1596.808 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to child day care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2084, as introduced, Brownley. Child day care facilities:
nutrition.
   Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act,
administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for
the licensure and regulation of child day care facilities, as
defined. Willful or repeated violation of these provisions is a
misdemeanor.
   This bill would require a licensed child day care facility to
follow specified guidelines relating to the provision of beverages.
By expanding the definition of a crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Almost 20 percent of children between two and five years of
age in California are overweight or obese and research shows that
this condition is difficult to reverse in adolescence or adulthood.
   (b) Millions of California children enter school with unhealthy
taste preferences and dietary habits developed in the early childhood
environment, including child day care facilities.
   (c) Research demonstrates that taste preferences and lifelong
healthy habits are formed in early childhood years.
   (d) Recent changes to school meals to improve nutrition need to be
complemented by changes to the nutritional environment in child
care.
   (e) Recent research demonstrates that the nutritional environment
in child day care facilities could be improved by limiting
sugar-sweetened beverages and promoting water consumption.
   (f) The State of California has a deep policy and financial
involvement in the licensed child day care system and in the health
and safety of children when they are in the system.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1596.808 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1596.808.  A licensed child day care facility shall comply with
all of the following requirements:
   (a) Serve only 1 percent milk or nonfat milk to children two years
of age or older.
   (b) Limit juice to not more than one serving per day of 100
percent juice.
   (c) Serve no beverages with added sweeteners, either natural or
artificial.
   (d) Make clean and safe drinking water readily available and
accessible for consumption throughout the day, particularly with
meals and snacks.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.