Florida Senate - 2013                             CS for SB 1650
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       586-03353-13                                          20131650c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to child care facilities; amending s.
    3         402.305, F.S.; requiring licensed child care
    4         facilities to implement certain additional nutritional
    5         practices; providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 402.305, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities.—
   12         (8) NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES.—Minimum standards shall include
   13  requirements for the provision of meals or snacks of a quality
   14  and quantity to assure that the nutritional needs of the child
   15  are met. Such standards shall include at least the following
   16  requirements:
   17         (a) Only 1 percent milk or nonfat milk shall be served to
   18  children 2 years of age or older unless otherwise ordered by a
   19  physician or health practitioner.
   20         (b) One hundred percent fruit juice shall be limited to no
   21  more than one serving per day.
   22         (c) A beverage with added sweeteners, natural or
   23  artificial, may not be served.
   24         (d) Clean and safe drinking water must be readily available
   25  and accessible throughout the day.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.