71-2-110 - Congregate meal sites. - Tennessee Statutes

71-2-110. Congregate meal sites.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regulation or policy to the contrary, the standards and procedures developed by the commission relative to the nutrition program for older persons operated in accordance with the Older Americans Act shall not establish a threshold of an average of twenty (20) congregate meals per day for every site but shall first consider the remote location of a meal site. For such sites, if a determination is made by the commission that the majority of the older persons in the area served by the site are physically unable to attend a congregate meal site on a consistent basis and the health and well-being of such persons would be better maintained by receiving home-delivered meals, the commission shall apply a threshold of an average of twenty (20) congregate and home-delivered meals a day for such sites.

[Acts 1997, ch. 436, § 1; T.C.A., § 71-2-112; Acts 2001, ch. 397, § 11.]