Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Addressing Digestive Distress in Stomachs of Our Youth Act” or the “ADD SOY Act”.
Addressing Digestive Distress in Stomachs of Our Youth Act
A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student or the parent or guardian of such student, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Fluid milk substitutes
Section 9(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(B)) is amended—
in clause (i)—
by striking “may” and inserting “shall”;
by striking “and meets” and inserting “as determined by the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) or that meets”; and
by striking “for students who cannot consume fluid milk because of a medical or other special dietary need other than a disability described in subparagraph (A)(iii)”;
in clause (ii)—
by striking “may” and inserting “shall”;
by striking “the school notifies the State agency” and all that follows through “if the substitution is”;
by striking “by written statement of a medical authority or”;
by inserting “student or a” after “by a”; and
by striking “that identifies the medical or other special dietary need that restricts the student’s diet”; and
by striking clause (iii).