School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act

The bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand direct certification for free or reduced-price school meals by including children receiving Supplemental Security Income, those in kinship or adoptive care, children in tribal or state child welfare placements, and those living with grandparents or older caregivers in low-income housing. It requires states to establish agreements with Medicaid agencies to automatically certify eligible children for school meals without further application, ensures eligibility transfers when children change schools, and provides for retroactive reimbursement of meal costs when a child’s eligibility status improves during the school…

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