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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6519
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3654
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING DA TA COLLECTION TO PRE VENT
MALNUTRITION AMONG S ENIOR CITIZENS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 17a-305 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2021): 3
(c) The Department of Aging and Disability Services, in consultation 4
with the five area agencies on aging and representatives of elderly 5
nutrition programs, shall review the method of allocation set forth in 6
[subsection (a) of this section and shall report any findings or 7
recommendations, as well as data on service levels and costs, to the joint 8
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 9
matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and 10
human services] subsections (a) and (b) of this section and evaluate the 11
method used to allocate funding for elderly nutrition programs based 12
on factors including, but not limited to: (1) Elderly population data from 13
the 2020 census and the American Community Survey conducted by the 14
United States Census Bureau for the five elderly planning and service 15
areas as described in section 17a-304, and (2) any increased costs for 16 Raised Bill No. 6519
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providers that deliver meals on wheels in sparsely populated rural 17
regions. Not later than July 1, 2022, the department shall report, in 18
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing 19
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 20
relating to aging, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and 21
human services on (A) the rates of reimbursement for each meals on 22
wheels provider in the state compared to the costs to provide meals on 23
wheels for each such provider, (B) the administrative expenses of each 24
such meals on wheels provider, (C) the number of meals on wheels 25
providers that have reduced or eliminated deliveries based on 26
inadequate state reimbursement, and (D) any recommended changes in 27
the method of allocation of funds. Providers of meals under the 28
department's elderly nutrition program shall annually provide the 29
department with data on service levels and costs. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 17a-305(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To collect data on malnutrition risks for senior citizens and ensure that
they have adequate nutritional assistance.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]