(a) The Department of General Services or any state agency that is entering into a contract or agreement or amending an existing contract or agreement with a food service facility shall ensure that the relevant contract or agreement conforms to any applicable provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Department of General Services shall do all of the following:
(1) Publish, within 90 days of the date the list of approved types of food service packaging is published pursuant to Section 42370.3, the approved food service packaging types on its Internet Web site.
(2) Publish, within 90 days of the date the list of approved types of food service packaging is published pursuant to Section 42370.3, the requirements imposed on a food service facility under this chapter in the State Contracting Manual.
(3) Ensure that any new, modified, or renewed agreements, contracts, or procurement undertaken by a food service facility as part of a contract or agreement with the Department of General Services complies with the requirements of this chapter.
(4) When reasonably feasible, provide a food service facility with which it has a contract or agreement with resources to identify food service packaging suppliers, distributors, brokers, or manufacturers that sell the types of food service packaging approved pursuant to Section 42370.3.
(c) The Department of General Services shall take the appropriate steps, including, but not limited to, revising relevant state contracting and procurement rules and procedures, in order to fulfill the requirements of subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 610, Sec. 1. (SB 1335) Effective January 1, 2019.)