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Panel approves bill to allow continued use of grab‑and‑go senior meals adopted during pandemic

3095174 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

AB 1476 would allow local senior meal programs to continue offering grab‑and‑go and pickup meal options implemented during the COVID‑19 pandemic; the committee passed the bill and will send it to appropriations.

Assemblymember Wallace introduced AB 1476 to preserve the flexibility that allowed congregate senior meal programs to provide pick‑up or ‘‘grab‑and‑go’’ meals during the COVID‑19 pandemic.

Wallace told the committee many seniors are homebound or have mobility or transportation constraints and that local programs that switched to to‑go options…

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