HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3406        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Andres X. Vargas and Cynthia Stone Creem

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to expand access to school meals.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

1/18/2019

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

1/18/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/30/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/30/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/3/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/31/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

2/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

1/31/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3406        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 584

By Representative Vargas of Haverhill and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 584) of Andres X. Vargas, Cynthia Stone Creem and others for legislation to expand access to school meals.  Education.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to expand access to school meals.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 72 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new section:

Section 72A: School districts shall qualify a student for free meal status if said child is a) under the legal custody or guardianship of a grandparent or other non-parent relative, b) a child with disabilities who receives Supplemental Security Income benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1382, or c) a child with special needs who was formerly in foster care and whose caregivers now receive assistance under Title IV B or IVE guardianship or adoption assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C.621.

The department of elementary and secondary education shall reimburse school districts for costs incurred under this section . The department shall take reasonable steps to determine whether such children qualify for direct certification of free school meals under 42 U.S.C. 1758 (b) (5), including children in receipt of MassHealth benefits in accordance with Chapter 118E of the General Laws.