QUESTION
Can NYC aging reimburse OAC providers for multiple daily meals?
1:28:02
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Commissioner Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez clarifies that some contractors can offer more than one meal per day, but policies are influenced by state and federal regulations.
- Some contractors have budgets that include more than one meal a day.
- Meal policies are dictated by state and federal governments, specifically the Older Americans Act.
- The Older Americans Act currently mandates only one meal per day, with ongoing considerations for including 'grab and go' meals, but restricts them to 25%.
- Further details on the number of contractors and meals offered were requested for clarity.
Crystal Hudson
1:28:02
Does NYC aging allow OAC providers to receive reimbursement for multiple meals a day?
1:28:07
For example, breakfast and lunch.
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:28:09
There's some contractors that have more than one meal in their budget, and those are available.
1:28:16
To them by contractor.
Crystal Hudson
1:28:18
Do you know how many?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:28:20
I can get you that.
Crystal Hudson
1:28:21
Okay.
1:28:21
And and also not just the the number of contractors, but also how many meals if it's 2 or 3?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:28:29
I wanna go back and address grab and go for one second.
1:28:32
Sure.
1:28:34
A lot of our meal programs are dictated our meal policies are dictated by both the state as well as the federal government.
1:28:42
Mhmm.
1:28:42
And the older Americans not Right.
1:28:44
The older American at demand date is 1 meal per day.
1:28:49
And they're looking at now with the reauthorization of the older American act to include grab and go, but they're also limiting the number of grab and go to 25%.
1:29:00
So we would have to look at that in terms of our whole network and see what that what that reflects.
Crystal Hudson
1:29:05
Okay.
1:29:06
Understood.