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• Information.
• Testify in support of H. 5012 and S-2927, an act relative to student access, food, and nutritional information
• More than two-thirds of districts published nutrition or allergen information online, usually through
• For instance, Needham has all the school nutrition information and gluten-free procedures on its website
• For instance, Needham has all the school nutrition information and gluten-free procedures on web website

Bills: H5012, S2927

Keywords: student nutrition, food allergies, celiac disease, gluten-free meals, allergen-free meals, medically restricted diets, school meals, college dining, K-12 education, higher education, disability access, accessibility services, food service, nutrition information, website disclosure, school website, meal accommodations, special diets, Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 71

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held a hearing on two late-filed bills, H. 5012 and S. 2927, titled An Act Relative to Students Accessing Food and Nutritional Information, sometimes referred to by witnesses as the “Snack Act.” The bills would require schools to make clearer, centralized online information available about gluten-free and allergen-free meals, including menus, food safety protocols, ingredient information, and contact information, so students with celiac disease and other medically necessary dietary restrictions can safely participate in universal school meal programs. Representative Michelle Badger and Senator Joan Lovely both testified in support, describing the legislation as an equity measure that would help families trust school meals and reduce barriers to participation. A series of witnesses, including pediatric and adult gastroenterologists, a Harvard Medical School faculty member, a Celiac Disease Foundation representative, parents, and several children and college students with celiac disease, said that celiac disease requires a strict lifelong gluten-free diet and that lack of clear communication often leads families to avoid school meals. They emphasized risks from cross-contamination, the stress and social exclusion children experience, and the fact that many schools already have the underlying information but do not present it in an accessible way. Committee members responded positively, praising the young witnesses and noting that the bill could benefit students beyond the celiac community by improving transparency for all medically restricted diets. One member suggested the Department of Public Health might also address the issue through regulations, similar to a prior restaurant allergy protocol effort. No votes were taken at the hearing, and the chair closed the hearing after testimony concluded.

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• Yeah, just real quick, the information is going, the schools are not gonna have to create. this information
• They believe that providing this information about the local.
• And honestly, the schools have enough information. So I don't know.
• These additives offer no nutritional value.
• Oh, no, I don't think there's a whole heck of a lot. that information.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• The handout I've shared provides information for lawyers, and others to use.
• Informational materials in these areas is a very broad term and encompasses many things.
• We were all kept from information that was important to us and that would have protected us.
• The students we have worked with continuously share that they are not afraid of information.
• While sharing information on these topics with youth can feel.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

Bills: HB25, HB38, HB997, HB 1119, HB25, HB38

Keywords: HB 25, Texas nutrition, nutrition education, healthy living, public health, school physical activity, recess, physical education, nutrition and wellness course, health curriculum, State Board of Education, Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee, ultra-processed foods, artificial colors, food additives, chronic disease, metabolic health, culinary medicine, functional medicine, dietary guidelines

Bills: HB25, HB38, HB997, HB 1119, HB25, HB38

Keywords: HB 25, Texas nutrition, nutrition education, healthy living, public health, school physical activity, recess, physical education, nutrition and wellness course, health curriculum, State Board of Education, Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee, ultra-processed foods, artificial colors, food additives, chronic disease, metabolic health, culinary medicine, functional medicine, dietary guidelines

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• Nutrition education.
• a metabolic expert, that that be a metabolic and nutrition expert with an advanced degree in nutrition
• talk about nutrition all day long.
• Introduced smart label allowing consumers to access detailed nutritional information via QR codes.
• Yeah, I, I, I do, you know, informing the consumer is very important, and as they are informed, they'll

Bills: SB 25, SB 314

Keywords: nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health

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• But it also allows consumers to see that information. So I can see that information.
• that it might not be coming, but what we were able to do was to talk to our folks that do the child nutrition
• program... that do the child nutrition program about the feasibility of being able to comply with the
• I appreciate the questions, and I will get that information to... ...and I will get that information
• The next is we're going to replace lines 16 through 17 on page one with the following: information to

Bills: SB87, HB491, SB43, SB101

Keywords: midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery, licensure fees, professional liability insurance, complaints investigation, emergency care plan, out-of-hospital care, HB491, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school lunch, cafeteria, artificial dyes, food additives, food coloring, synthetic dyes, Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye No. 40

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• In terms of personal choice, we're receiving bad information.
• First, it's the nutrition.
• Fourth, requiring nutrition training for physicians.
• As were just mentioned, they serve no nutritional purpose.
• And part of SB25 is the nutrition committee that will be...

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• Texans make informed choices.
• Nutrition education: poor nutrition drives chronic disease, yet most doctors receive little training
• I have a little bias because I deal in nutrition every day at Adolescent Medicine, so I talk about nutrition
• To access detailed nutritional information via QR codes.
• Their nutrition, and we see this in our practice daily.

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• Many Arizona kids don't even have a family doctor to guide their nutrition.
• If we want students to make healthy, informed decisions, we should give them the right information at
• informational pamphlet and ballot must contain.
• Information, evaluate proposals, and vote accordingly.
• And you're very well informed of how this place works.

Bills: HB2040, HB2142, HB2255, HB2379, HB2482, HB2575, HB2600, HB2764, HB4033, HCR2015

Keywords: public education, adoption, sex education, parental rights, student health information, school safety, resource officers, mental health, training, infrastructure improvements, Arizona Teachers Academy, teacher preparation, education funding, public schools, scholarships, teacher certification, community colleges, school district, governing board, training requirements

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• to child nutrition.
• Eve Studi serves as the Director of the Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division at the Center for Nutrition
• Eve Stude, the Director of the Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division at the Center for Nutrition Policy
• I don't have information related to that.
• I'm a doctor of nutrition. Of nutrition. For some reason I thought you were in pediatrics.

Bills: SB222

Keywords: whole milk, school lunch, school meals, National School Lunch Program, Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, Child Nutrition Act, USDA, nutrition standards, dairy, nonfat milk, low-fat milk, reduced-fat milk, lactose-free milk, nondairy beverages, plant-based milk, milk substitution, parental consent, legal guardian, food allergies, allergic reaction

Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.

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• Um, we truly feel that this book has the most information about Texas between two covers.
• You can find all kinds of information about fishing in the state in there.
• I mean, you have to cull the information in it every year. Absolutely.
• It's got a lot of tables and charts and ways that we can compress information that way and make it a
• little bit more graphic rather than just, you know, text, um, but, but so much useful information.

Bills: HCR6

Keywords: Meals on Wheels, senior services, nutrition, community support, volunteerism

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• There's information in the agency bill about permanency services for children who are out-of-home placement
• I think that's a really important piece of information to be able to get around. system makes sense.

Bills: HF2436, HF2929

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

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• Um, there's information in the agency bill about permanency services for children who are out-of-home
• Um, there's information in the agency bill about permanency services for children who are out-of-home

Bills: HF2436, HF2929

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

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• Maybe the answer is to get an envelope so that they can put a little bit more information on this top
• It's just there's so much information there.
• We risk inaccuracies, duplicate registrations, potential misuse of voter information, and it also set
• We can't get access to that information. How do these people get their access to it?
• So, um, that's all helpful information.

Bills: HB304

Keywords: franchise tax credit, food desert, grocery store, healthy corner store, nutrition assistance, economic development, public health

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• We don't focus on just the nutrition of the body, but the nutrition of the mind too.
• So if they're pre-diabetic, hypertension, etc., and addressing it through nutrition.
• Definitely the community bread project, where we... ...and addressing it through nutrition.
• I'd like to... here's our contact information. Yes, StPUFarm.org. So we have a website.
• So, and we also kept having this youth-informed, community-informed approach.

Bills: S0534, S7020

Keywords: food insecurity, hunger, college students, nutrition assistance, pilot program, open government, sunset review, aquaculture, public records, exemption

Summary: The committee met, called the roll, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. It first considered the appointment of Melanie Ressler to the Florida Citrus Commission. No appearance forms were requested, and the committee voted unanimously to recommend her confirmation favorably. The committee then took up SPB 7020, which reenacts a public records exemption for certain aquaculture production records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Senator Trunow explained that the exemption protects shellfish and submerged land lease records, supports compliance with federal partners and statutory requirements, and helps protect marketplace competition. A representative from the Department appeared in support, and the bill was moved as a committee bill and reported favorably. Next, the committee heard SB 534, Senator Bernard’s hunger-free campus pilot program bill. He described a pilot within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to identify campuses with high numbers of Pell-eligible students, develop a survey with the Hunger Task Force, designate staff to help students enroll in SNAP, expand campus food access, and require reporting on outcomes and future funding. The bill had one appearance form in support and was reported favorably without debate. The committee also received a presentation from the St. Pete Youth Farm, led by Carla Bristol and youth ambassadors. They described the farm as a youth-led community project on city-owned land that addresses food insecurity while providing leadership, financial literacy, career readiness, mental wellness programming, composting, aquaponics, and community events. Senators praised the program, asked about possible expansion into a culinary kitchen and partnerships with schools, and the presenters said they hope to expand youth opportunities, food preparation training, and related programming. The meeting concluded with adjournment.

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• Everybody's giving good information and talking fast. How did you get access to those services?
• The benefits, I'm sure we all know, include nutrition, preventing disease, and preventing obesity.
• I would think that we're at a point now, and I agree with the discussion we're having about nutrition
• The following motion by Representative Johnson: I move that Subcommittee Chair information.
• I will move that the subcommittee chair inform the committee chair that the subcommittee.

Bills: HB231, HB231, HB475, HB488, HB632, HB821, HB1786, HB1955, HB2036, HB2060, HB2659, HB2677

Keywords: HB 231, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, permit exemption, dam, reservoir, erosion control, flood control, floodwater control, sediment control, watershed protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, local sponsor, water appropriation, small dam, water diversion, maintenance, rehabilitation

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• Texas' unique geography and shifting demographics demand localized data to inform effective region-specific
• Study results can inform how food access is linked to the billions in health care costs, and those linkages
• But it, quite frankly, was something that resulted in a lot of misinformation. ...information and lack
• of information that was going to help us better implement the program, so.

Bills: HB231, HB475, HB488, HB632, HB821, HB1786, HB1955, HB2036, HB2060, HB2659, HB2677, HB231

Keywords: food access, food deserts, communities of color, health disparities, socioeconomic impact, nutritious food, health effects, socioeconomic disparities, legislative recommendations, nutrition, access to food, Medicaid, multisystemic therapy, healthcare, reimbursement, mental health services, education, funding, local control, school system

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• So, I think they be informed of that.
• And it eliminates unnecessary emergency information that we know how to call 911 in their fire department

Bills: HF4382, HF2929

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size

Bills: SB1540, SB2610, SB2373

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, cybersecurity, data breach, breach of system security, exemplary damages, punitive damages, liability shield, safe harbor, small business, mid-sized business, Texas Business & Commerce Code, sensitive personal information, personal identifying information, identity theft, fraud prevention, NIST