Bill Text: WV HB2188 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing reimbursement rates for congregate and in-home meals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues [HB2188 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB2188-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2188
By Delegate Rowe
[Introduced February 10, 2021; Referred to the
Committee on Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-5S-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to establishing reimbursement rates for congregate and in-home meals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5S. OLDER WEST VIRGINIANS ACT.
§16-5S-9. Nutrition services.
All congregate meals and home-delivered meals shall contain one third of the recommended daily allowance for vitamins and minerals. Congregate meal sites may include senior centers, community buildings, schools, churches and elderly housing complexes. Home- delivered meals are to be delivered to eligible individuals, in accordance with guidelines and standards established by the bureau and the federal administration on aging. Beginning June 1, 2021, meals shall be reimbursed at the rate of $8.00 per congregate meal and $8.25 per in-home meal.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to raise the reimbursement rate for congregate and in-home meals.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
