To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student or the parent or guardian of such student, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1619
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-17
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires schools to substitute a nondairy beverage for fluid milk in the National School Lunch Program upon the request of a student or their parent or guardian. Under current law, schools participating in the program may provide a substitute at the request of a medical authority or the student's parent or guardian. </p> <p>The bill also removes current requirements that (1) the substitute request be based on an identified medical or other special dietary need that restricts the student's diet, and (2) the school food authority pay for any additional expenses resulting from providing the substitute that exceed the covered reimbursement amounts.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1619 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2023 Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student or the parent or guardian of such student, and for other purposes.

1. Fluid milk substitutes Section 9(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking may and inserting shall ; (B) by striking and meets and inserting as determined by the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5341 ) or that meets ; and (C) by striking for students who cannot consume fluid milk because of a medical or other special dietary need other than a disability described in subparagraph (A)(iii) ; (2) in clause (ii)— (A) by striking may and inserting shall ; (B) by striking the school notifies the State agency and all that follows through if the substitution is ; (C) by striking by written statement of a medical authority or ; (D) by inserting student or a after by a ; and (E) by striking that identifies the medical or other special dietary need that restricts the student’s diet ; and (3) by striking clause (iii).