Section 6694 - Single-use plastic straws(a) A food service establishment shall not provide a single-use plastic straw to a customer, except that a food service establishment may provide a straw to a person upon request.(b) The prohibition on sale or provision of a single-use plastic straw under subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to:(1) a hospital licensed under 18 V.S.A. chapter 43;(2) a nursing home, residential care home, assisted living residence, home for the terminally ill, or therapeutic community, as those terms are defined in 33 V.S.A. chapter 71; or(3) an independent living facility as that term is defined in 32 V.S.A. chapter 225.(c) This section shall not alter the requirements of 9 V.S.A. chapter 139 regarding the provision of services by a place of public accommodation.Added 2019, No. 69 , § 2, eff. 7/1/2020.