Sec. 102. Direct certification for children receiving Medicaid benefits

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Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b) ) is amended— in subsection (b)— by amending paragraph

(5)to read as follows: Subject to paragraph (6), any local educational agency may certify any child as eligible for free lunches or breakfasts, without further application, by directly communicating with the appropriate State or local agency to obtain documentation of the status of the child as— a member of a family that is receiving assistance under the temporary assistance for needy families program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ); a homeless child or youth (defined as 1 of the individuals described in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2) ); served by the runaway and homeless youth grant program established under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq. ); a migratory child (as defined in section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6399 )); an eligible child (as defined in paragraph (15)(A)); or a foster child whose care and placement is the responsibility of an agency that administers a State plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 621 et seq. ); or a foster child who a court has placed with a caretaker household. Subject to paragraph (6), any local educational agency may certify any child who is not eligible for free lunches or breakfasts as eligible for reduced price lunches or breakfasts, without further application, by directly communicating with the appropriate State or local agency to obtain documentation of the status of the child as a child eligible for reduced price meals (as defined in paragraph (15)(A)). ; in paragraph (6)(A), by striking or

(5)both places it appears and inserting (5), or

(15); and in paragraph (15)— in subparagraph (A)— by amending clause

(i)to read as follows: The term eligible child means a child— who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the Medicaid program; and who is a member of a family with an income as measured by the Medicaid program that does not exceed 133 percent of the poverty line (as determined under the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) , including any revision required by such section)) applicable to a family of the size used for purposes of determining eligibility for the Medicaid program; who is eligible for the Medicaid program because such child receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1381–1385 ) or State supplementary benefits of the type referred to in section 1616(a) of such Act (or payments of the type described in section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66 ); who is eligible for the Medicaid program because such child receives an adoption assistance payment made under section 473(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673(a) ) or under a similar State-funded or State-operated program, as determined by the Secretary; who is eligible for the Medicaid program because such child receives a kinship guardianship assistance payment made under section 473(d) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673(d) ) or under a similar State-funded or State-operated program, as determined by the Secretary, without regard to whether such child was previously in foster care; or who is a member of a household (as that term is defined in section 245.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) with a child described in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV). ; and by adding at the end the following: The term child eligible for reduced price meals means a child— who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the Medicaid program; and who is a member of a family with an income as measured by the Medicaid program that is greater than 133 percent but does not exceed 185 percent of the poverty line (as determined under the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) , including any revision required by such section)) applicable to a family of the size used for purposes of determining eligibility for the Medicaid program; or who is a member of a household (as that term is defined in section 245.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) with a child described in subclause (I). ; by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and (H); in subparagraph (F)— in the enumerator, by striking

(F)and inserting

(D); and by striking conducting the demonstration project under this paragraph and inserting carrying out this paragraph ; and by inserting after subparagraph

(A)the following: To certify a child under subparagraph (A)(v) or

(B)of paragraph (5), a State agency shall enter into an agreement with 1 or more State agencies conducting eligibility determinations for the Medicaid program. Subject to paragraph (6), an agreement under subparagraph

(B)shall establish procedures under which— an eligible child may be certified for free lunches under this Act and free breakfasts under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ), without further application (as defined in paragraph (4)(G)); and a child eligible for reduced price meals may be certified for reduced price lunches under this Act and reduced price breakfasts under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ), without further application (as defined in paragraph (4)(G)). ; and in subsection (d)(2)(G), by inserting or child eligible for reduced price meals after eligible child .

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