(a) For the purposes of this section, “program” means a student meal plan donation program.

(b) The Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of California are encouraged to, designate as a “hunger free campus” each of its respective campuses that have all of the following:

(1) A campus employee designated to help ensure that students have the information that they need to enroll in CalFresh.

(2) An on-campus food pantry or regular food distributions on campus. The campus may partner with a local food bank or food pantry to meet the requirement established by this paragraph if the food distributions occur on campus.

(3) A meal sharing program that allows students to voluntarily donate their unused meal plan credits to be distributed for use by students in need to access dining halls or to support an on-campus food pantry. Each campus shall establish the parameters of their meal sharing program and make them publicly available to students and interested parties. The program information made publicly available shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(A) How a student may donate the student’s unused meal plan credits.

(B) How a low-income student can apply to receive donated meal plan credits.

(C) The methodology for determining how unused meal plan credits that are not used by a student in need or how food purchased using these unused meal plan credits will be donated to support the on-campus food pantry, which shall be established by campus officials in consultation with pantry staff and volunteers, including student volunteers.

(D) The campus employee designated pursuant to paragraph (4).

(4) A campus employee designated annually as a point-of-contact to work with student volunteers for the program described in paragraph (3) to assist students.

(c) The governing board of each community college district that chooses to participate shall designate as a “hunger free campus” each of its campuses that have both of the following:

(1) A campus employee designated to help ensure that students have the information that they need to enroll in CalFresh.

(2) An on-campus food pantry or regular food distributions on campus. The campus may partner with a local food bank or food pantry to meet the requirement established by this paragraph if the food distributions occur on campus.

(d) (1) Each campus that receives a “hunger free campus” designation pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) shall receive a funding incentive upon appropriation by the Legislature.

(2) Each campus that receives a funding incentive pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit a report to the Office of the President of the University of California, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, as applicable. These offices shall compile each of their respective campus-based reports, prepare a systemwide report, and submit the report to the budget committees of the Legislature no later than February 15, 2019. Each campus-based and systemwide report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following information:

(A) The hours of operation for any on-campus food pantry and the unduplicated count of the number of people served.

(B) The names of the local community-based pantry or pantries, food bank or banks, or soup kitchen or kitchens that partner with the campus food pantry or deliver an on-campus food distribution.

(C) The unduplicated number of students, faculty, and staff who donated a campus meal through an on-campus meal sharing program.

(D) The unduplicated number of students who received a donated meal through an on-campus meal sharing program.

(E) The name of on-campus restaurants or qualifying food vendors that have been approved to participate in the CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program (RMP).

(F) A list of on-campus point of sale (POS) locations that accept electronic benefit transfer (EBT) payments.

(G) The estimated unduplicated count of the number of students assisted with a CalFresh application.

(H) The number of staff serving the campus with informed CalFresh referral and information or other antihunger services.

(I) Whether the campus has designated a “basic needs center,” and, if so, information about the accessibility and the hours of operations of the center. For the purposes of this paragraph, a “basic needs center” means a central location on campus where basic needs resources, services, and staff are made available to students.

(J) A description of how the campus is serving the specific needs of students who are foster youth or former foster youth.

(e)  This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 79. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)