,i #aahth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #caac ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #e1 #bjbc ,ms4 ,porter 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 and ,mr4 ,evans7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff and the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act to eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches and to require that the income guidelines for determining eligibility for free breakfasts and free lunches be #bjj percent of the poverty level1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title2 table of contents 7a7 ,in general ,this ,act may be cited as the ,expanding ,access to ,school ,meals ,act of #bjbc4 7b7 ,table of contents ,the table of contents for this ,act are as follows3 ,sec4 #a4 ,short title2 table of contents4 ,title ,i--,repeal of ,reduced ,price ,breakfasts and ,lunches ,sec4 #aja4 ,repeal of reduced price breakfasts4 ,sec4 #ajb4 ,repeal of reduced price lunches4 ,title ,,ii--,expansion of ,free ,lunch ,eligibility ,sec4 #bja4 ,poverty level for free lunch4 ,sec4 #bjb4 ,direct certification for children receiving ,medicaid benefits4 ,sec4 #bjc4 ,retroactive reimbursement4 ,sec4 #bjd4 ,increase of community eligibility program multiplier4 ,i ,repeal of ,reduced ,price ,breakfasts and ,lunches #aja4 ,repeal of reduced price breakfasts 7a7 ,in general ,section #d of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7f7 ,repeal of reduced price breakfasts ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 the reduced price breakfast program is repealed and the ,secretary may not provide reimbursements for reduced price breakfasts under this section4 4 7b7 ,conforming amendments ,the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agga et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking or reduced price each place it appears2 7#b7 by striking for a reduced price each place it appears2 7#c7 by striking or at a reduced price each place it appears2 7#d7 by striking for reduced price breakfasts each place it appears2 and 7#e7 by striking and reduced price each place it appears4 7c7 ,further conforming amendments ,section #d7;b7 of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking the second sentence2 and 7,b7 by striking subparagraph 7,c72 and 7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking subparagraph 7,c74 #ajb4 ,repeal of reduced price lunches 7a7 ,in general ,the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq47 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #cj4 ,repeal of reduced price lunches ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 the reduced price lunch program is repealed and the ,secretary may not provide reimbursements for reduced price lunches under this ,act4 4 7b7 ,conforming amendments ,the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking or reduced price each place it appears2 7#b7 by striking or a reduced price each place it appears2 7#c7 by striking or reduced-price each place it appears2 7#d7 by striking and reduced price each place it appears2 and 7#e7 by striking a reduced price each place it appears4 ,,ii ,expansion of ,free ,lunch ,eligibility #bja4 ,poverty level for free lunch ,section #i7;b77#a77;,a7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#a77;,a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking the third sentence2 and 7#b7 by striking #acj percent and inserting #bjj percent4 #bjb4 ,direct certification for children receiving ,medicaid benefits 7a7 ,in general ,section #i7;b7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#e7 by amending to read as follows3 7#e7 ,discretionary certification 7,a7 ,free lunches or breakfasts ,subject to paragraph 7#f71 any local educational agency may certify any child as eligible for free lunches or breakfasts1 without further application1 by directly communicating with the appropriate ,state or local agency to obtain documentation of the status of the child as-- 7i7 a member of a family that is receiving assistance under the temporary assistance for needy families program funded under part ,a of title ,,iv of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq472 7ii7 a homeless child or youth 7defined as #a of the individuals described in section #gbe7b7 of the ,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aadcd;a7#b7772 7iii7 served by the runaway and homeless youth grant program established under the ,runaway and ,homeless ,youth ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #egja et seq472 7iv7 a migratory child 7as defined in section #acji of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcii772 7v7 an eligible child 7as defined in paragraph 7#ae77;,a772 or 7vi7 7,i7 a foster child whose care and placement is the responsibility of an agency that administers a ,state plan under part ,b or ,e of title ,,iv of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fba et seq472 or 7,,ii7 a foster child who a court has placed with a caretaker household4 7,b7 ,agreements to carry out certification ,to certify a child under subparagraph 7,a77v71 a ,state agency shall enter into an agreement with #a or more ,state agencies conducting eligibility determinations for the ,medicaid program4 7,c7 ,procedures ,subject to paragraph 7#f71 an agreement under subparagraph 7,b7 shall establish procedures under which an eligible child may be certified for free lunches under this ,act and free breakfasts under section #d of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aggc71 without further application 7as defined in paragraph 7#d77;,g774 2 7#b7 in paragraph 7#f77;,a71 by striking or 7#e7 both places it appears and inserting 7#e71 or 7#ae72 and 7#c7 by amending paragraph 7#ae77;,a77i7 to read as follows3 7i7 ,eligible child ,the term eligible child means a child-- 7,i7 7aa7 who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the ,medicaid program2 and 7bb7 who is a member of a family with an income as measured by the ,medicaid program that does not exceed #bjj percent of the poverty line 7as determined under the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the ,federal ,register by the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services under the authority of section #fgc7b7 of the ,community ,services ,block ,grant ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #iijb7b71 including any revision required by such section77 applicable to a family of the size used for purposes of determining eligibility for the ,medicaid program2 7,,ii7 who is eligible for the ,medicaid program because such child receives supplemental security income benefits under title ,,xvi of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acha-ache7 or ,state supplementary benefits of the type referred to in section #afaf7;a7 of such ,act 7or payments of the type described in section #bab7;a7 of ,public ,law #ic-ff72 7,,iii7 who is eligible for the ,medicaid program because such child receives an adoption assistance payment made under section #dgc7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgc7;a77 or under a similar ,state-funded or ,state-operated program1 as determined by the ,secretary2 7,,iv7 who is eligible for the ,medicaid program because such child receives a kinship guardianship assistance payment made under section #dgc7;d7 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgc7;d77 or under a similar ,state-funded or ,state-operated program1 as determined by the ,secretary1 without regard to whether such child was previously in foster care2 or 7,v7 who is a member of a household 7as that term is defined in section #bde4b of title #g1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or successor regulations77 with a child described in subclause 7,i71 7,,ii71 7,,iii71 or 7,,iv74 4 7b7 ,applicability ,the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to school years beginning on or after ,july #a1 #bjbc4 #bjc4 ,retroactive reimbursement ,section #i7;b77#i77;,c7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ageh7;b77#i77;,c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,except and inserting the following3 7i7 ,in general ,except 2 7#b7 by redesignating clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 as subclauses 7,i7 and 7,,ii72 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following3 7ii7 ,retroactivity ,a local educational agency shall revise a previously submitted meal claim to reflect the eligibility approval of a child for free meals for the period that begins on the first day of the current school year4 7iii7 ,meal claim defined ,in this subsection1 the term meal claim means any documentation provided by a school food authority to a ,state agency in order to receive reimbursement for the cost of a meal served to a child by such school food authority4 4 #bjd4 ,increase of community eligibility program multiplier ,section #aa7;a77#a77;,f7 of the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agei;a7a77#a77;,f77 is amended by striking clause 7vii7 and inserting the following3 7vii7 ,multiplier ,for each school year beginning on or after ,july #a1 #bjbc1 the multiplier shall be #b4e4 4