A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care.

Summary: Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act of 2009 - Amends the the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to increase reimbursement rates for free, reduced price, and paid meals and snacks served under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) at nonresidential child care centers and family or group day care homes.

Allows such providers to be reimbursed for the service of three meals and a snack. (Currently, reimbursement is provided for two meals and a snack.)

Lowers the percentage of children or school children in an area that must be eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to make family or group day care homes in the area eligible for higher CACFP reimbursement rates as tier I homes.

Increases the maximum monthly administrative payment per home provided to sponsors of family or group day care homes.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to improve the ability of the CACFP to reach low-income families by streamlining program and paperwork requirements.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Nutritious Meals for Young 
Children Act of 2009''.

             TITLE I--INCREASING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS MEALS

SEC. 101. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

    (a) National Average Payment.--
            (1) Lunches and suppers.--Section 17(c) of the Richard B. 
        Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the same as the 
                national average payment rates for free lunches, 
                reduced price lunches, and paid lunches, respectively, 
                under sections 4 and 11 of this Act as appropriate'' 
                and inserting ``$2.88 for free lunches and suppers, 
                $2.48 for reduced price lunches and suppers, and 45 
                cents for paid lunches and suppers'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the same as the 
                national average payment rates for free breakfasts, 
                reduced price breakfasts, and paid breakfasts, 
                respectively, under section 4(b) of the Child Nutrition 
                Act of 1966'' and inserting ``$1.66 for free 
                breakfasts, $1.36 for reduced price breakfasts, and 46 
                cents for paid breakfasts''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``30 cents'' and inserting 
                        ``84 cents'';
                            (ii) by striking ``one-half the rate for 
                        free supplements'' and inserting ``47 cents''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by striking ``2.75 cents'' cents and 
                        inserting ``16 cents''.
    (b) A Third Meal Option.--Section 17(f)(2)(B) of the Richard B. 
Russell School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``two meals'' and inserting ``3 meals'';
            (2) by striking ``2 meals'' and inserting ``3 meals''; and
            (3) by striking ``, for children that are maintained in a 
        child care setting for eight or more hours per day''.
    (c) Reimbursement of Family or Group Day Care Home Sponsoring 
Organizations.--Section 17(f)(3) of the Richard B. Russell School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) in subclause (I), by striking ``50 
                        percent'' each place it appears in items (aa) 
                        and (bb) and inserting ``40 percent''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (III), by striking ``the 
                        factors in effect on July 1, 1996'' and 
                        inserting ``$2.41 for lunches and suppers, 
                        $1.39 for breakfasts, and 76 cents for 
                        supplements''; and
                    (B) in clause (iii)(I)--
                            (i) in item (aa), by striking ``95 cents 
                        for lunches and suppers, 27 cents for 
                        breakfasts, and 13 cents for supplements'' and 
                        inserting ``$1.53 for lunches and suppers, 64 
                        cents for breakfasts, and 28 cents for 
                        supplements''; and
                            (ii) in item (bb), by striking ``July 1, 
                        1997'' and inserting ``July 1, 2010''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) Nutrition services and administrative 
                funds.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Effective July 1, 2010 
                        and in addition to the annual cost of living 
                        adjustment described in clause (iii), the 
                        Secretary shall raise the maximum allowable 
                        levels of the family or group day care home 
                        sponsoring organization monthly administrative 
                        reimbursement by $5 per home.
                            ``(ii) Administration expenses.--In 
                        addition to the reimbursement described in 
                        clause (i), family or group day care home 
                        sponsoring organizations shall receive 
                        reimbursement for the administrative expenses 
                        of the family or group day care home sponsoring 
                        organizations in amounts not exceeding the 
                        maximum allowable levels prescribed by the 
                        Secretary.
                            ``(iii) Adjustment.--The maximum allowable 
                        levels described in this subparagraph shall be 
                        adjusted on July 1 of each year to reflect 
                        changes in the Consumer Price Index for all 
                        items for the most recent 12-month period for 
                        which such data are available with the 
                        exception of any year for which application of 
                        the Consumer Price Index would result in a 
                        decrease in reimbursement rates.''.

  TITLE II--STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFICATION OF PROGRAM AND PAPERWORK 
                              REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 201. STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFICATION OF PROGRAM AND PAPERWORK 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(u) Streamlining and Simplification of Program and Paperwork 
Requirements.--The Secretary shall improve the ability of the child and 
adult care food program to reach low-income families by streamlining 
program and paperwork requirements, including requirements for States, 
sponsoring organizations, child care providers, and parents.''.