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 124 STAT. 3188 PUBLIC LAW 111–296—DEC. 13, 2010 ‘‘(II) a foster child who a court has placed with a caretaker household.’’. (c) DOCUMENTATION.—Section 9(d)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(d)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(F)(i) documentation has been provided to the appro- priate local educational agency showing the status of the child as a foster child whose care and placement is the responsibility of an agency that administers a State plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.); or ‘‘(ii) documentation has been provided to the appro- priate local educational agency showing the status of the child as a foster child who a court has placed with a caretaker household.’’. SEC. 103. DIRECT CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING MED- ICAID BENEFITS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(15) DIRECT CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING MED- ICAID BENEFITS.— ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘eligible child’ means a child— ‘‘(I)(aa) who is eligible for and receiving med- ical assistance under the Medicaid program; and ‘‘(bb) who is a member of a family with an income as measured by the Medicaid program before the application of any expense, block, or other income disregard, that does not exceed 133 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2), including any revision required by such section)) applicable to a family of the size used for purposes of determining eligi- bility for the Medicaid program; or ‘‘(II) who is a member of a household (as that term is defined in section 245.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) with a child described in subclause (I). ‘‘(ii) MEDICAID PROGRAM.—The term ‘Medicaid pro- gram’ means the program of medical assistance estab- lished under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). ‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service and in cooperation with selected State agencies, shall conduct a demonstration project in selected local edu- cational agencies to determine whether direct certifi- cation of eligible children is an effective method of certifying children for free lunches and breakfasts