Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3093
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-10-19
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-10-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs. Specifically, beginning July 1, 2024, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2025.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3093 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 19, 2023 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Fetterman , Mr. Warnock , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Welch , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Reed , Ms. Hirono , and Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase reimbursement rates of school meals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023 . 2. Increasing the reimbursement rate of school meals (a) School lunch increase Section 4(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1753(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Non-Performance-Based additional reimbursement (A) In general Beginning on July 1, 2024, each lunch served in school food authorities shall receive an additional 45 cents. (B) Adjustment The amount in subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted in accordance with section 11(a)(3) beginning on July 1, 2025. . (b) School breakfast increase Section 4(b)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Non-Performance-Based additional reimbursement (i) In general Beginning on July 1, 2024, each free breakfast, reduced price breakfast, and breakfast served to children not eligible for free or reduced price meals served in school food authorities shall receive an additional 28 cents. (ii) Adjustment The amount in clause (i) shall be adjusted in accordance with section 11(a)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act beginning on July 1, 2025 ( 42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(3) ). .