Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2022
Bill: S.5096 | Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D-PA)
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2022
This bill establishes a task force to identify ways to increase access to healthy foods and otherwise address hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults and adults with disabilities. Members of the task force include representatives from relevant federal agencies, advocacy organizations, and affected populations.

To establish the Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote 
Access to Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Disability.--The term ``disability'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102).
            (2) Older person.--The term ``older person'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``older individual'' in section 102 of 
        the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (4) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the task 
        force established by subsection (b).
    (b) Establishment.--There is established a task force, to be known 
as the ``Interagency Task Force to Address Hunger and Promote Access to 
Healthy Food Among Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities''.
    (c) Members.--
            (1) In general.--The members of the Task Force shall be the 
        following:
                    (A) The Secretary (or a designee).
                    (B) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (or 
                a designee).
                    (C) The Secretary of Transportation (or a 
                designee).
                    (D) The Administrator of the Food and Nutrition 
                Service (or a designee).
                    (E) The Administrator of the Administration for 
                Community Living (or a designee).
                    (F) The Administrator for Independent Living within 
                the Administration for Community Living (or a 
                designee).
                    (G) The Administrator of the Health Resources and 
                Services Administration (or a designee).
                    (H) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
                (or a designee).
                    (I) The Commissioner of the Social Security 
                Administration (or a designee).
                    (J) The Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
                Evaluation (or a designee).
                    (K) The Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention (or a designee).
                    (L) The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 
                Substance Use (or a designee).
                    (M) The Surgeon General (or a designee).
                    (N) The Deputy Administrator for Medicare and 
                Medicaid Innovation (or a designee).
                    (O) The Director of the Office on Nutrition 
                Research of the National Institutes of Health (or a 
                designee).
                    (P) The Director of the Indian Health Service (or a 
                designee).
                    (Q) The head of any other relevant Federal 
                department or agency, as determined appropriate by the 
                Secretary, and appointed by the President.
                    (R) At least 2 older persons, appointed by the 
                President, who are recipients of Federal nutrition 
                benefits, as determined by the President.
                    (S) At least 2 adults with disabilities, appointed 
                by the President, who are recipients of Federal 
                nutrition benefits, as determined by the President.
                    (T) At least 2 members of grandfamilies or kinship 
                families, appointed by the President, who are 
                recipients of Federal nutrition benefits, as determined 
                by the President.
                    (U) At least 1 representative, appointed by the 
                President, from a national older adult nutrition 
                organization.
                    (V) At least 1 representative, appointed by the 
                President, from a national organization that addresses 
                hunger among adults with disabilities.
                    (W) At least 1 representative, appointed by the 
                President, from a national antihunger organization.
            (2) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Task Force shall 
        be the Secretary (or a designee).
            (3) Vice chairperson.--The Vice Chairperson of the Task 
        Force shall be the Administrator of the Administration for 
        Community Living (or a designee).
    (d) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force shall be the following:
            (1) Identify, promote, coordinate, and disseminate 
        information and resources and other available best practices--
                    (A) to address hunger, food insecurity, and 
                malnutrition among older adults and adults with 
                disabilities; and
                    (B) to increase access to healthy foods.
            (2) Measure and evaluate progress in--
                    (A) addressing hunger, food insecurity, and 
                malnutrition among older adults and adults with 
                disabilities; and
                    (B) increasing access to healthy, affordable, and 
                local or regional food for older adults and adults with 
                disabilities.
            (3) Examine interagency opportunities--
                    (A) to collaboratively address hunger, food 
                insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults and 
                adults with disabilities; and
                    (B) to promote access to healthy, affordable, and 
                local or regional food for older adults and adults with 
                disabilities.
            (4) Examine challenges to interagency efforts to carry out 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3).
    (e) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2026, the Task Force 
shall submit to Congress a report that describes--
            (1) best practices for addressing hunger, food insecurity, 
        and malnutrition and promoting access to healthy, affordable, 
        and local or regional food among older adults and adults with 
        disabilities;
            (2) recommendations to support interagency efforts to 
        address hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition and promote 
        access to healthy, affordable, and local or regional food among 
        older adults and adults with disabilities;
            (3) existing barriers to promoting interagency 
        collaboration to address hunger, food insecurity, and 
        malnutrition and access to healthy, affordable, and local or 
        regional food among older adults and adults with disabilities; 
        and
            (4) innovative practices to address hunger, food 
        insecurity, and malnutrition and promote access to healthy, 
        affordable, and local or regional food among older adults and 
        adults with disabilities.
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