Ordinance 71352

National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (“NEARS”)

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Summary

This Board Bill authorizes the Department of Health (the “DOH”) to accept a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) Foundation award (CDC-RFA-OT18-1802) funding of Two Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($2800) through a contract with the National Environmental Health Association (“NEHA”) as part of an Explorer Contract Grant to reimburse DOH during the period of April 1, 2021 through July 31, 2021 for the purpose of supporting food safety program activities, designed to explore involvement in CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (“NEARS”), with such activities including: • Staff time to learn about NEARS, such as o Taking Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS) or equivalent training course as identified by NEHA to conduct environmental assessments o Participating in a NEARS webinar training session o Attending a regional or national NEARS presentation • Purchase of environmental sampling/other investigation equipment to build capacity in foodborne outbreak investigation • Activities that encourage local programs within the state to participate. This training of Food and Beverage Inspectors at DOH will increase capacity to utilize the CDC NEARS for food-borne illness outbreaks associated with retail prepared food establishments such as restaurants, banquet facilities, schools, and other institutions in order to: • Identify environmental causes of outbreaks; • Take follow-up action to reduce or prevent future foodborne illness outbreaks; • Evaluate the DOH food safety program and make improvements based on established guidelines; • Develop or modify program policies and/or regulations; • Focus limited program resources on actions with the highest impact; and • Meet the Food and Drug Administration’s Retail Food Program Standard 5.

Overview

Session: 2021-2022

Board Bill Number: 30

Primary Sponsors: Christine Ingrassia

Effective: 06/30/2021

Legislative History

Legislative activities and outcomes for this board bill. Learn more about what these activities mean.

  • 05/14/2021

    First Reading

    Bill text was introduced (548.87 KB PDF).

  • 05/14/2021

    Referred to a Committee

    The bill was assigned to the Health and Human Services Committee.

  • 05/19/2021

    Committee Hearing

    The bill was held in committee during the Health and Human Services Committee hearing.

  • 06/09/2021

    Committee Hearing

    The bill was substituted during the Health and Human Services Committee hearing.

    The bill text was changed:

  • 06/11/2021

    Second Reading

  • 06/17/2021

    Perfection

    The bill was passed.

  • 06/24/2021

    Engrossment

    The bill was engrossed during the Engrossment, Rules, Resolutions and Credentials Committee.

  • 06/25/2021

    Third Reading

    The bill was passed.

  • 06/25/2021

    Delivered to Mayor

  • 07/01/2021

    Mayor Returns Bill

    The bill was approved.

  • 07/02/2021

    Delivered to Register

  • 07/09/2021

    Register Returns Notice with Ordinance Number

    Register returns ordinance number 71352. Effective date is 06/30/2021

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