HB 253: Medicaid Coverage for Prescribed Foods for Disease Treatment and Prevention
GENERAL BILL by Caruso
Medicaid Coverage for Prescribed Foods for Disease Treatment and Prevention; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with DOH, to establish Food Is Medicine Pilot Program to provide Medicaid coverage for purchases & deliveries of prescribed health-promoting foods; requires AHCA, in conjunction with DOH, to seek federal approval & waivers for pilot program; requires federal waiver application to seek matching funds; requires referrals of pilot program patients to certain federal & federally funded programs; requires allocation of portion of pilot program implementation budgets to specified organization for establishment of specified center; provides operation requirements for center.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 3/8/2024 House - Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/8/2024 House - Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 10/23/2023 | House |
• Filed |
| 11/2/2023 | House |
• Referred to Select Committee on Health Innovation • Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Select Committee on Health Innovation |
| 1/9/2024 | House |
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/8/2024 | House |
• Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation |
