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Bill would require Department of Public Health inspections of correctional food services; lawmakers delay vote for one week
Summary
SB 84 would require the Department of Public Health to inspect and have enforcement authority over food service operations in county, municipal and state correctional facilities; the department told the committee it already operates under a long-standing court order, and members voted to carry the bill over one week to consult local sheriffs.
Senator Stutz presented SB 84, saying the bill would require the Department of Public Health to inspect food service operations in county jails, municipal jails and Department of Corrections facilities and give the department authority to act on deficiencies. "Even if they inspect... they only report it. They don't do anything about it," he said, describing situations reported to the Department of Corrections where problems persisted for weeks.
A Department of Public Health representative told the…
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