Section 4. PASS.
(a) Authorization.--The department shall develop and operate PASS as a system for this Commonwealth's food industry to donate, sell or otherwise provide food products to the charitable food organizations in existence within this Commonwealth. The department may contract with a private charitable food assistance network operating within this Commonwealth to carry out the provisions of this act.
(b) Requirements.--PASS shall include the following:
(1) Identification of sources of food products available
for distribution to charitable food organizations in this
Commonwealth, including a list of farmers who have agreed to
supply food products from farms located in this Commonwealth.
(2) Determination of cost-effective mechanisms for
transportation of food products.
(3) Incentives for growers, packers, processors and
other entities in the food industry located in this
Commonwealth to donate, sell or otherwise provide food
products, including reimbursement for services provided.
(4) Distribution of food products to needy or low-income
individuals and families. Food products shall be distributed
in accordance with the formula used in the administration of
the State Food Purchase Program. The department shall
maintain a list of charitable food organizations eligible for
participation in the distribution of food products.
(5) An annual report delivered to the chairman and
minority chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority
chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of
the House of Representatives providing detailed information
on the sources, types and pounds of food, the distribution of
food products and the number of households served by the
distributions.