SEC. 2. REDEFINING PRESENCE AT CERTIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(d)(3) of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); 
(2) by inserting the following after subpara-
graph (A): 
‘‘(B) PRESENCE
FOR
CERTAIN
DETER-
MINATIONS AND EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A State agency 
shall ensure that appointments for individ-
uals seeking certification, recertification, or 
a nutritional risk evaluation for participa-
tion in the program authorized under this 
section are offered— 
‘‘(I) in-person; and 
‘‘(II) either— 
‘‘(aa) by telephone; 
‘‘(bb) through video tech-
nology that permits 2-way, real 
time interactive communications; 
or 
‘‘(cc) through other formats 
that permit 2-way, real time 
interactive communications, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(ii) ADA COMPLIANCE.—Any format 
made available for an appointment under 
clause (i) shall be accessible to an indi-
vidual in accordance with the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the Re-
habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 
‘‘(iii) NUTRITIONAL
RISK
EVALUA-
TIONS
FOR
VIRTUAL
CERTIFICATION.—If 
an individual is certified for participation 
in the program under clause (i) through a 
format other than in-person, a State agen-
cy shall— 
‘‘(I) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, collect anthropometric data 
necessary to evaluate the nutritional 
risk of that individual within 30 days 
of the appointment; and 
‘‘(II) collect such data not later 
than 90 days after the appointment. 
‘‘(iv) INTERIM ELIGIBILITY FOR NU-
TRITIONAL RISK.— 
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—A 
State 
agency may consider an applicant who 
meets the income eligibility standards 
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to be temporarily eligible on an in-
terim basis to participate in the pro-
gram and may certify any such indi-
vidual for participation immediately, 
without delaying certification until a 
nutritional risk evaluation is made. 
‘‘(II) NUTRITIONAL
RISK
EVAL-
UATION.—A nutritional risk evalua-
tion of such individual shall be com-
pleted not later than 90 days after the 
individual is certified for participation 
pursuant to subclause (I). 
‘‘(III) TERMINATION.—If a State 
agency does not collect data in accord-
ance with clause (iii)(II) or the indi-
vidual is subsequently determined to 
not meet nutritional risk criteria, the 
certification of that individual shall 
terminate on the date described in 
such clause (iii)(II) or the date of 
such determination, as applicable.’’; 
and 
(3) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(D) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), re-
spectively. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 17(d)(3) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)) 
is amended by conforming the margin of subparagraph 
(B) to the margin of subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 3. REMOTE BENEFIT ISSUANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(f)(6)(B) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(6)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the third sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘vouchers by mail’’ and in-
serting ‘‘food instruments by mail, remote 
issuance, or other means’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(iii) 
DISAPPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘vouchers by mail in its 
plan’’ and inserting ‘‘food instruments by mail, 
remote issuance, or other means in the State 
plan’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘The State’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(ii) STATE PLAN.—The State’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘(B) STATE AGENCIES’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘to obtain vouchers.’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) DELIVERY OF FOOD INSTRUMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—State agencies may 
provide for the delivery of food instruments, in-
cluding electronic benefit transfer cards, to any 
participant through means that do not require 
the participant to travel to the local agency to 
obtain food instruments, such as through mail-
ing or remote issuance.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall revise sec-
tion 246.12(r) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, by 
striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce of the House of Representatives a report on 
the use of remote technologies under the special supple-
mental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘program’’). 
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(b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include a description of— 
(1) the use of remote technologies and other 
digital tools, including video, telephone, and online 
platforms— 
(A) to certify eligible individuals for pro-
gram services; and 
(B) to provide nutrition education and 
breastfeeding support to program participants; 
(2) the impact of remote technologies, including 
video, telephone, and online platforms, on certifi-
cations, appointments, and participant satisfaction 
under the program; and 
(3) best practices to— 
(A) certify program participants for pro-
gram services using remote technologies; 
(B) incorporate the use of digital tools into 
the program certification process; 
(C) integrate nutrition education and 
breastfeeding support services for program par-
ticipants into remote technologies and plat-
forms; and 
(D) securely manage program participant 
data. 
Æ 
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