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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2685

Healthy Food Retail Act; create to encourage consumption of affordable healthy foods in underserved communities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE HEALTHY FOOD RETAIL ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT, TO THE EXTENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, IN COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS, SHALL ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES GRANTS AND LOANS TO HEALTHY FOOD RETAILERS THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND OTHER AFFORDABLE HEALTHY FOOD IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONTRACT WITH ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THIS ACT THROUGH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, TO RAISE MATCHING FUNDS, MARKET THE PROGRAM STATEWIDE, EVALUATE APPLICANTS, MAKE AWARD DECISIONS, UNDERWRITE LOANS, AND MONITOR COMPLIANCE AND IMPACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FUNDING ON A COMPETITIVE, ONE-TIME BASIS AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT; TO PROVIDE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUNDING MAY BE PROVIDED; TO PROVIDE THE CRITERIA THAT MUST BE MET FOR FUNDING UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH PROGRAM BENCHMARKS AND REPORTING PROCESSES TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PROGRAM BENEFITS BOTH RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES IN MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate