PURPOSE: This rule requires area agency on aging participation in the Nutrition Services Incentive Program and describes the requirements for participating in the program.

1. (1) The area agency on aging shall accept and distribute funds received through the Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) to nutrition service providers based on the percentage of eligible meals served within the planning and service area.

2. (2) The area agency on aging shall develop procedures to assure that NSIP funds are used in compliance with requirements under Section 311 of the Older Americans Act. These procedures shall include but are not limited to the following:

   1. (A) All funds received from NSIP shall be spent to purchase United States agricultural food items;

   2. (B) All purchases made with NSIP funds shall be documented by one (1) of the following methods:

      1. 1. If food is purchased through bid, the

invoice shall show the number of units and unit cost, with a copy of the bid specification attached that contains the following statement, “The food is to be United States-produced”;

1. 2. If food is purchased without bid, the

following procedures shall apply:

1. A. Invoices for bread and fresh dairy

products must show the number of units and unit cost. These products are assumed to be United States-produced;

1. B. When canned goods, meat prod-

ucts, and produce are purchased on a continuing basis from a vendor, a letter from him/her stating that all food supplied to the nutrition center is United States-produced will be adequate documentation. The letter shall be renewed annually; and

1. C. Invoices for occasional purchases

shall show the number of units, unit cost, and a statement assuring that the food was United States-produced; or

1. 3. The contract for catered meals shall

contain a clause stating the NSIP funds shall be spent for United States-produced foods only and shall inure only to the benefit of the nutrition program; and

1. (C) The area agency on aging will monitor the nutrition service provider to assure adequate documentation is maintained for all these purchases.

AUTHORITY: section 192.2000, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 13 CSR 15- 6.150 and 13 CSR 15-4.250. Original rule filed Jan. 6, 1986, effective April 30, 1986. Amended: Filed Feb. 17, 1988, effective June 15, 1988. Moved to 19 CSR 15-4.250, effective Aug. 28, 2001. Amended: Filed Jan. 25, 2022, effective Aug. 30, 2022. *Original authority: 192.2000, RSMo 1984, amended 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2014.