Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 130943 |
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File Number: 130943 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-401-13 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 5/21/2013 | ||||||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 5/21/2013 | 11A3 | Adopted | P | |||
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County Attorney | 5/13/2013 | Assigned | Annery Pulgar Alfonso | 5/13/2013 | |||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION URGING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT COOK, PREPARE, AND/OR PACKAGE FOOD THAT IS SERVED TO THE ELDERLY THROUGH ADULT NUTRITION SERVICE PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO FREQUENT UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS AND MONITORING BODY WHEREAS, with approximately 4.45 million residents age 60 and older, Florida currently ranks first in the nation in the percentage of its citizens who are elderly; and WHEREAS, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the elderly population, age 60 and older, in Miami-Dade County in 2010 was 19.1 percent of the more than 2 million Miami-Dade County residents; and WHEREAS, almost 85,000 older Floridians benefit annually from community nutrition service programs; and WHEREAS, nutrition service programs are available to all Floridians age 60 and older in each of Florida�s 67 counties; and WHEREAS, nutrition service programs include congregate meal services, home delivered meals, and adult care food programs; and WHEREAS, the Congregate Meal Site Program provides nutritionally balanced meals, nutrition education and nutrition risk screening for Floridians ages 60 and older at community-based centers throughout Florida; and WHEREAS, the Adult Care Food Program funds nutritious meals and/or snacks served to community-based adults attending adult day care centers; and WHEREAS, home delivered meals, more commonly known as �Meals on Wheels,� provides safe and nutritious meals delivered to the door of homebound older Floridians; and WHEREAS, many elderly Miami-Dade County residents rely on adult nutrition service programs for their daily meals; and WHEREAS, these nutrition service programs are focused on reducing hunger and food insecurity while promoting the health and well-being of older individuals in an effort to delay adverse health conditions and support and possibly improve the recipients nutritional status; and WHEREAS, these nutrition service programs usually serve the most homebound, frail, or financially needy seniors in our community; and WHEREAS, this Board desires to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the elderly Miami-Dade County residents that receive food through these nutrition service programs; and WHEREAS, this Board acknowledges the importance of ensuring that the food served through these nutrition service programs is safe and is cooked, prepared and/or packaged in accordance with Florida law, Miami-Dade County ordinance, and minimum standards of hygiene, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board: Section 1. Urges the Florida Department of Health, the Miami-Dade County Health Department, and the Florida Department of Elder Affairs to take any necessary measures to ensure that establishments throughout Miami-Dade County that cook, prepare, and/or package food that is served to the elderly through adult nutrition service programs are subject to frequent unannounced inspections and monitoring to ensure that the food is cooked, prepared and/or packaged in accordance with Florida law, Miami-Dade County ordinance, and minimum standards of hygiene. Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Florida Surgeon General, the Administrator of the Miami-Dade County Health Department, and the Secretary of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. |
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