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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5383

To amend the child and adult care food program under the Richard B.

Russell National School Lunch Act to provide alternative reimbursement

rates under that program for family or group day care homes located

in less populous areas.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 4, 2000

Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the child and adult care food program under

the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to

provide alternative reimbursement rates under that program for family or group day care homes located in

less populous areas.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO CHILD AND ADULT CARE

4 FOOD PROGRAM UNDER THE RICHARD B.

5 RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(f)(3)(A) of the Rich7 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
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1 1766(f)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(iv) ALTERNATIVE REIMBURSEMENT

4 FOR FAMILY OR GROUP DAY CARE HOMES

5 LOCATED IN LESS POPULOUS AREAS.—

6 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case

7 of a geographic area described in sub8 clause (II) that is served by at least

9 1 tier I family or group day care

10 home (as defined in clause (ii)(I)) and

11 at least 1 family or group day care

12 home that participates in the program

13 under this section but does not meet

14 the criteria set forth in clause (ii)(I)

15 (commonly known as a ‘tier II family

16 or group day care home’), upon re17 quest to the State agency in a single

18 application by the sponsoring organi19 zation of each family or group day

20 care home located in such geographic

21 area and approval of such application

22 in accordance with this clause, each

23 such family or group day care home

24 in the area shall be provided reim25 bursement factors for the costs de-
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1 scribed in clause (i) in accordance

2 with this clause, and not in accord3 ance with clause (ii) or (iii), as the

4 case may be.

5 ‘‘(II) GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—A ge6 ographic area described in this sub7 clause is an area—

8 ‘‘(aa) that is a concentration

9 of population of fewer than

10 25,000 individuals either legally

11 bounded as an incorporated place

12 or identified by the Bureau of the

13 Census as a Census Designated

14 Place (CDP);

15 ‘‘(bb) in which not less than

16 50 percent of the total number of

17 children enrolled in elementary

18 schools located in the area are

19 certified eligible to receive free or

20 reduced price school meals under

21 this Act of the Child Nutrition

22 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et

23 seq.); and

24 ‘‘(cc) in which not more

25 than 50 percent of the total num-
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1 ber of children participating in

2 the program under this section

3 are being served by tier I family

4 or group day care homes (as de5 fined in clause (ii)(I)).

6 ‘‘(III) APPROVAL.—The State

7 agency shall approve a request for a

8 geographic area under subclause (I) if

9 (aa) the State agency determines that

10 the estimated aggregate amount of re11 imbursement factors provided to all

12 family or group day care homes in the

13 geographic area under this clause will

14 be equal to or greater than the esti15 mated aggregate amount of reim16 bursement factors provided to all such

17 homes under clauses (ii) and (iii), and

18 (bb) the requirements of this clause

19 are otherwise met.

20 ‘‘(IV) REIMBURSEMENT FAC21 TORS.—

22 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Sub23 ject to item (bb), a family or

24 group day care home shall be

25 provided reimbursement factors
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1 under this clause that are equal

2 to the average of the unrounded

3 reimbursement factors for

4 lunches and suppers, breakfasts,

5 and supplements under clauses

6 (ii) and (iii), respectively.

7 ‘‘(bb) ADDITIONAL RE8 QUIREMENT.—A family or group

9 day care home that participates

10 in the program under this section

11 and is located in a geographic

12 area for which a State agency

13 has approved a request for reim14 bursement factors in accordance

15 with this clause may, at the op16 tion of the home, elect to be pro17 vided reimbursement factors de18 termined in accordance with the

19 requirements contained in items

20 (aa) and (bb) of clause (iii)(II)

21 with respect to children described

22 in such items.

23 ‘‘(V) ADJUSTMENTS.—The reim24 bursement factors under subclause

25 (IV) shall be rounded to the nearest
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1 lower cent increment and based on the

2 unrounded adjustment in effect on

3 June 30 of the preceding school

4 year.’’.

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 17(f)(3)(A)(iv) of

6 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as

7 added by subsection (a), shall take effect on July 1, 2001.

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