The Florida Senate

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.

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• 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

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• HB 253, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/23/2023 at 3:14 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 488	Medicaid Coverage for Prescribed Foods for Disease Treatment and Prevention	Polsky	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Health Policy
  H 265	Medicaid Coverage for Behavioral Health Interventions	Waldron	Compare	Last Action: 10/27/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  409.90203		Page 2 (pdf)

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