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a) Each public or private postsecondary educational institution that is located in a county that participates in the Restaurant Meals Program established pursuant to

Section of Title of the United States Code shall do all of the following:

(1) Apply to become an approved food vendor for the Restaurant Meals Program if the institution operates a qualifying food facility on campus.

(2) Annually provide all on-campus food vendors not operated by the institution with information regarding the Restaurant Meals Program and the manner in which to apply.

(3) If an on-campus food vendor or a qualifying food facility has been approved to participate in the Restaurant Meals Program, annually inform students about the program using information provided by the State Department of Social Services. (

b) This

section does not require an institution to create, operate, or maintain an EBT system on behalf of on-campus food vendors. (

c) An approved on-campus food vendor or a qualifying food facility participating in the Restaurant Meals Program pursuant to this section, and a county in which the program is operated, shall meet the requirements of the Restaurant Meals Program. A qualifying food facility that participates in the Restaurant Meals Program pursuant to

Section of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall meet all of the requirements for participation in that program. (

d) For purposes of this section: (1) “On-campus food vendors” does not include any vendor that does not sell prepared food for onsite consumption or that sells food from a mobile food facility, as defined in

Section of the Health and Safety Code. (2) “Qualifying food facility” is a facility administered by a postsecondary educational institution that sells prepared food for onsite consumption.