00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 179(FSH) 01 "An Act relating to donations of certain food items to certain food service organizations 02 and to food banks." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04  * Section 1. AS 16.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 16.05.931. Donation of food items to meal programs. (a) 06 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent consistent with 07 federal law, a person may donate covered food items to a covered organization or a 08 food bank. 09 (b) The food items that a person may donate under (a) of this section are 10 (1) lawfully taken game, marine plants, and aquatic plants, or parts of 11 game, marine plants, or aquatic plants; 12 (2) lawfully taken nests or eggs of fish or game; and 13 (3) fish or parts of a fish, if taken lawfully for subsistence or sport use. 14 (c) A covered organization that may accept covered food items under this 01 section is 02 (1) a public, nonprofit, or private school or child care facility, 03 including a preschool facility and a head start facility; 04 (2) a public or nonprofit residential child care facility or residential 05 psychiatric treatment center licensed under AS 47.32; 06 (3) a public or nonprofit hospital, medical clinic, long-term health care 07 facility, or other medical facility; 08 (4) a senior center facility or a food program for senior individuals. 09 (d) A covered organization may provide meals with the covered food items to 10 the covered organization's staff and 11 (1) the students attending the covered organization, if the covered 12 organization is a public, nonprofit, or private school, including a preschool facility and 13 a head start facility; 14 (2) the patients of the covered organization, if the covered organization 15 is a public or nonprofit hospital, medical clinic, long-term health care facility, or 16 residential psychiatric treatment center; 17 (3) the children whom the covered organization provides care for, if 18 the covered organization if the covered organization is a public, nonprofit, or private 19 child care facility, or residential child care facility; 20 (4) the senior individuals using the services of the covered 21 organization, if the covered organization is a senior center or a senior food program. 22 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered organization may 23 accept state and federal funding for a meal service program of the covered 24 organization and may charge fees for meals that it provides to its users and staff. 25 However, a covered organization may not sell its meals to persons other than its users 26 and staff. 27 (f) In this section, 28 (1 ) "covered food item" means a food item identified in (b) of this 29 section; 30 (2) "covered organization" means a facility identified in (c) of this 31 section; 01 (3) "food bank" has the meaning given in AS 17.20.347; 02 (4) "head start facility" means a facility operating as a head start 03 facility under AS 14.38.010; 04 (5) "meal" means a meal provided for immediate consumption using 05 covered food items; 06 (6) "meal service program" means a program under which a covered 07 organization provides meals to its users and its staff under this section; 08 (7) "residential child care facility" has the meaning given in 09 AS 47.32.900; 10 (8) "residential psychiatric treatment center" has the meaning given in 11 AS 47.32.900; 12 (9) "senior center facility" means a facility that provides senior 13 individuals with services and activities; 14 (10) "senior food program" means a program that provides senior 15 individuals with food; 16 (11) "senior individual" means an individual who is 60 years of age or 17 older; 18 (12) "users" means the individuals identified in (d) of this section. 19  * Sec. 2. AS 17.20.345(a) is amended to read: 20 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 17.20.290, 17.20.305, or 17.20.315, 21 a donor of food for free distribution by a food bank or a donor of covered food items  22 under AS 16.05.931 is not subject to civil or criminal liability arising from an injury 23 or death attributable to the condition of the donated food or covered food item if the 24 injury or death is not a result of the gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional 25 misconduct of the donor. 26  * Sec. 3. AS 17.20.346(a) is amended to read: 27 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 17.20.290, 17.20.305, or 17.20.315, 28 a food bank that receives and distributes food, including a covered food item under  29 AS 16.05.931, and a covered organization are [IS] not subject to civil or criminal 30 liability arising from an injury or death attributable to the condition of the food or  31 covered food item if 01 (1) the food bank or covered organization inspects the food received 02 in a reasonable manner, [AND] finds it to be apparently fit for human consumption at 03 the time of distribution, and, if the food is a covered food item, processes the  04 covered food item as required by the Department of Environmental  05 Conservation; 06 (2) the food bank or covered organization has no actual or 07 constructive knowledge at the time the food or covered food item is distributed that it 08 is adulterated, tainted, contaminated, or would be harmful to the health or well-being 09 of an individual consuming it; and 10 (3) the injury or death is not a direct result of the negligence, 11 recklessness, or intentional misconduct of the food bank or the covered organization. 12  * Sec. 4. AS 17.20.346 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 13 (c) In this section, "covered organization" means a covered organization that 14 provides meals under AS 16.05.931. In this subsection, "covered organization" and 15 "meal" have the meanings given in AS 16.05.931. 16  * Sec. 5. AS 17.20.347 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:  17 (3) "covered food item" has the meaning given in AS 16.05.931.