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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 885 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5333 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 885 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. COOK, 65th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING DATA COLLECTION TO PREVENT |
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| 19 | 19 | | MALNUTRITION AMONG SENIOR CITIZENS. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That section 17a-302a of the general statutes be amended to require 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services to file a report, in 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | cognizance of matters relating to aging and human services on: (1) 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Statistics regarding the number of meals on wheels delivered and 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | congregate meals served in the communities covered by each area 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | agency on aging, (2) an estimated percentage of eligible senior citizens 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | in each such area who are not being provided with meals, (3) the cost to 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provide each meal compared to state reimbursement, (4) cutbacks in 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | meal service in each such area related to inadequate reimbursement, 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and (5) recommendations for improvement, including, but not limited 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to, best practices nationwide to ensure senior citizens get the support 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | they need to avoid malnutrition. 14 Proposed Bill No. 5333 |
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| 39 | 39 | | LCO No. 885 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 42 | 42 | | To combat malnutrition among senior citizens by identifying gaps in the |
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| 43 | 43 | | provision of meals, causes for such gaps and recommendations for |
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| 44 | 44 | | improvement. |
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