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Int 0770-2024

Requiring home-delivered meals be delivered each day of the calendar year.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Agingintroduced 2024-04-11

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-04-11Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department for the Aging (DFTA) to operate the home-delivered meals program, which is to maintain or improve the nutritional status of older adults who are unable to prepare meals, such that each older adult authorized to receive such meals, is provided with at least 1 home delivered meal a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This delivery frequency would apply to all contracts between DFTA and a home-delivered meal provider that are in effect on or after the effective date.

Committee on AgingDepartment for the Aging and all federal, State and municipal programs pertinent to senior citizens.

How it compares

42% of similar bills passed

21 passed · 29 died

This bill: 628 days in committee

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Sponsors (17)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-09-22 · Committee on Aging
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-09-22 · Committee on Aging
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Aging · 2025-09-22 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (10)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-213 to read as follows: � 21-213 Home-delivered meals for older adults. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: Authorized older adult. The term "authorized older adult" means a New York City resident aged 60 years or older, who has been deemed eligible to receive a home-delivered meal. Home-delivered meal. The term "home-delivered meal" means a meal that a home-delivered meal provider delivers to an authorized older adult. Home-delivered meals program. The term "home-delivered meals program" means the program operated by the department to maintain or improve the nutritional status of older adults who are unable to prepare meals. Home-delivered meal provider. The term "home-delivered meal provider" means any entity that contracts with the department to deliver a home-delivered meal to an authorized older adult. b. The home-delivered meals program shall provide each authorized older adult with at least 1 home delivered meal a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This section shall apply to all contracts between the department and a home-delivered meal provider for delivery of home-delivered meals under the home-delivered meals program that are in effect on or after the effective date of the local law that added this section. � 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after becoming law. Session 13 MH LS #10389 01/10/2024 Session 12 LS #13089 06/23/2023 2 3