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§3030g Criteria

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Assistant Secretary must set minimum quality and efficiency standards for home-delivered meals after consulting experts.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3030g

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The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with recognized experts in the fields of nutrition science, dietetics, meal planning and food service management, and aging, shall develop minimum criteria of efficiency and quality for the furnishing of home delivered meal services for projects described in section 3030f of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–365 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with organizations of and for the aged, blind, and disabled, and with representatives from the American Dietetic Association, the Dietary Managers Association, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, the National Association of Meals Programs, Incorporated, and any other appropriate group, shall develop minimum criteria of efficiency and quality for the furnishing of home delivered meal services for projects described in section 3030f of this title. The criteria required by this section shall take into account the ability of established home delivered meals programs to continue such services without major alteration in the furnishing of such services.” 1993—Pub. L. 103–171 substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”. 1992—Pub. L. 102–375 inserted “the Dietary Managers Association,” after “Dietetic Association,”. 1987—Pub. L. 100–175 substituted “National Association of Area Agencies” for “Association of Area Agencies”. 1981—Pub. L. 97–115 substituted “National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs” for “National Association of Title VII Project Directors”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1987 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100–175, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective at close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1978 Amendment note under section 3001 of this title. Home-Delivered Nutrition Services Waiver Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title VII, § 732(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2105, provided that: “For purposes of determining eligibility for the delivery of nutrition services under section 337 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g), with funds received by a State under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2001 [3001] et seq.) for fiscal [year] 2021, the State shall treat an older individual who is unable to obtain nutrition because the individual is practicing social distancing due to the public health emergency in the same manner as the State treats an older individual who is homebound by reason of illness.”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3030g

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73