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MN SF4508
Bill
Status
3/17/2026
Primary Sponsor
Erin Maye Quade
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AI Summary
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Establishes a food delivery support account in the special revenue fund to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for transporting home-delivered meals, groceries, and purchased food to Minnesotans experiencing food insecurity due to limited mobility, disability, age, or resources
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Adds coordination with health and long-term care systems, emergency preparedness systems, and other stakeholders as a new program goal for senior nutrition programs
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Expands allowable nutrition support services to include medically tailored meals and explicitly adds technology as a tool to support program delivery
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Updates terminology throughout the statute from "seniors" and "senior citizens" to "older adults" and changes "supermarkets" to "grocery stores"
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Expands eligible community partners for innovative meal models to include hospitals, food shelves, food pantries, and farmers alongside existing partners like schools and restaurants
Legislative Description
Senior nutrition programs modification
Last Action
Referred to Human Services
3/17/2026