1. (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall be responsible for the administration of programs which provide nutritionally sound diets to needy older persons and for the expansion of such programs when possible. Such programs shall be continued in such a manner as to fully utilize congregate feeding and nutrition education of older citizens who qualify for such program.
2. (b) Each program continued in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall provide one meal per day, five days per week, to recipients of the program. Each program shall utilize all available municipal, state or local agencies for the purchase of food and equipment and the finding of appropriate locations for such programs.

(P.A. 75-439, S. 1–3, 4; P.A. 82-66, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 51, 87; P.A. 13-125, S. 19; P.A. 17-202, S. 55; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 290; P.A. 18-169, S. 15; P.A. 19-157, S. 40.)

History: P.A. 82-66 amended Subsec. (a) to replace the requirement that the department expand nutrition programs with requirement to administer the programs and expand them when possible; Sec. 17-136e transferred to Sec. 17a-302 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 replaced department on aging with department of social services and deleted Subsec. (c) re reports to department on aging to be submitted by state-funded nutrition programs, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-302 transferred to Sec. 17b-792 in 1995; P.A. 13-125 amended Subsec. (a) to change “Department of Social Services” to “Department on Aging”, effective July 1, 2013; Sec. 17b-792 transferred to Sec. 17a-302 in 2015; P.A. 17-202 replaced “elderly” with “older”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Department on Aging with reference to Department of Social Services, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-169 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Department of Social Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17a-302 transferred to Sec. 17a-852 in 2023.