HOME Meals Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1674 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a competitive grant program to enable States to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold food storage for delivering meals to older individuals through the Congregate Nutrition Program or the Home-Delivered Nutri- tion Program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 23 (legislative day, MAY 22), 2019 Mr. MANCHIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a competitive grant program to enable States to pur- chase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold food storage for delivering meals to older individuals through the Congregate Nutrition Program or the Home- Delivered Nutrition Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Our Most El- 4 derly Secure Meals Act’’ or the ‘‘HOME Meals Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:28 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1674.IS S1674 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1674 IS SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR VEHICLES WITH HOT AND COLD FOOD 1 STORAGE FOR MEAL DELIVERY TO OLDER IN- 2 DIVIDUALS. 3 Subpart 3 of part C of title III of the Older Ameri- 4 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g–21 et seq.) is amend- 5 ed by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘SEC. 340. GRANTS FOR VEHICLES WITH HOT AND COLD 7 FOOD STORAGE FOR MEAL DELIVERY. 8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 9 award grants in accordance with subsection (c) on a com- 10 petitive basis to States receiving a grant under section 331 11 or 336 to enable such States to purchase, customize, or 12 repair vehicles meeting the requirement under subsection 13 (b) to be used in delivering meals to older individuals 14 through a nutrition project supported under either such 15 section. 16 ‘‘(b) VEHICLE REQUIREMENT.—The requirement 17 under this subsection is that the vehicle has the capability 18 to safely store hot food and cold food, as determined by 19 the Assistant Secretary, while delivering meals. 20 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS.— 21 ‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.— 22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a 23 grant under section 331 or 336 that seeks a 24 grant under this section shall submit an appli- 25 cation to the Assistant Secretary at such time, 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:28 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1674.IS S1674 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1674 IS in such manner, and containing such informa- 1 tion as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably 2 require, including the demonstrations described 3 in subparagraph (B). 4 ‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATIONS.—An application 5 under this paragraph shall contain a dem- 6 onstration— 7 ‘‘(i) of how the State submitting the 8 application will use the grant to enhance 9 the delivery of services to older individuals 10 with greatest economic need and older in- 11 dividuals with greatest social need; and 12 ‘‘(ii) that a program is in effect within 13 the State, on the date on which the State 14 submits the application, to use vehicles 15 meeting the requirement under subsection 16 (b) to provide nutrition services under sec- 17 tion 331 or 336. 18 ‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The Assistant Secretary, in 19 selecting States meeting the requirements under 20 paragraph (1) to receive a grant under this section, 21 shall give preference to— 22 ‘‘(A) States with a high percentage of indi- 23 viduals who are 60 years of age or older; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:28 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1674.IS S1674 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 1674 IS ‘‘(B) States with a high rate of individuals 1 at or below the poverty line. 2 ‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this 3 section shall be for an amount that is equal to or less than 4 $3,000,000. 5 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 6 is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of 7 fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section.’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:28 Jun 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1674.IS S1674 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS