CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3135Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to older adults. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3135, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Older adults: food insecurity.Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. The federal Older Americans Act provides grants to states to help support nutrition services for seniors at least 60 years of age throughout the country, including congregate and home-delivered meals. Existing state law authorizes the California Department of Aging to make available state funds to fund senior nutrition programs that complement programs implemented pursuant to the Older Americans Act.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to food insecurity among older adults in the state.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address food insecurity among older adults in the state.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3135Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to older adults. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3135, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Older adults: food insecurity.Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. The federal Older Americans Act provides grants to states to help support nutrition services for seniors at least 60 years of age throughout the country, including congregate and home-delivered meals. Existing state law authorizes the California Department of Aging to make available state funds to fund senior nutrition programs that complement programs implemented pursuant to the Older Americans Act.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to food insecurity among older adults in the state.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3135
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia
February 21, 2020
An act relating to older adults.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3135, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Older adults: food insecurity.
Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. The federal Older Americans Act provides grants to states to help support nutrition services for seniors at least 60 years of age throughout the country, including congregate and home-delivered meals. Existing state law authorizes the California Department of Aging to make available state funds to fund senior nutrition programs that complement programs implemented pursuant to the Older Americans Act.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to food insecurity among older adults in the state.
Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. The federal Older Americans Act provides grants to states to help support nutrition services for seniors at least 60 years of age throughout the country, including congregate and home-delivered meals. Existing state law authorizes the California Department of Aging to make available state funds to fund senior nutrition programs that complement programs implemented pursuant to the Older Americans Act.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to food insecurity among older adults in the state.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address food insecurity among older adults in the state.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address food insecurity among older adults in the state.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address food insecurity among older adults in the state.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address food insecurity among older adults in the state.
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