Tallahasee Florida Voice for Health Advocates Meet with Legislators
LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENT TO FILE FL FIM PILOT BIll
Live Announcement @ FL FIM Symposium
Watch Rep. Debra Tendrich (@6:26) announce her plans to file the 2026 Food is Medicine Bill for Medicaid ILOS pilot in three counties of Florida at the 3rd Annual Florida FiM Symposium at Holy Cross Hospital Healthplex October 23rd, 2025.
HB 1315 / SB 1470
HB 1315 / SB 1470 - Behavioral Health Intervention Services
Authorizes, contingent upon appropriation, state Medicaid plan to fund demonstration pilot program for specified purposes in specified counties. Read all about it here.
Hello Florida - Imagine if Doctors write Rx..
WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY :
Food is Medicine is paid for by Medicaid via ILOS in Texas.
- We copied the Texas HB 26 Bill, now a Law fully enacted!
Why not Florida?
It's Committee Time!
The committee Chair & Members need to hear from you! Our two bills have to go through assigned committees in each chamber, the House and the Senate.
Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee 01/15/2026 - 6:38 PM
- Chair Adam Anderson - (850) 717-5057 or email
1/16/2026 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
- Chair Sen. Colleen Burton - (850) 487-5012, Ask for Legislative Aide Lara Medley or email
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"Hello, my name is ____, and I live in_____ I am interested in the Behavioral Health Bill and want you to vote YES on HB 1315 or SB 1470. I believe this is important for people to take accountability, and be given the opportunity to get well using food as their medicine. Plus it saves Florida money, and generates $1 Billion in new revenues into Florida businesses. I believe its very important. Thank you."
Making the case
Why Florida is Ready?
- Healthcare and Nutrition Subject Matter Experts with FL Health & Nutrition Coalition
- Research, Evaluation & Waiver Expertise & Experience in Florida already
- One Evaluated FiM program in Florida: Healthy Food Prescription with Tufts University
- 3,000-member FiM network of stakeholders in Florida and growing already
- 8 RNOE's - FiM program implementing partners in Milken Institute Food Rx Stakeholder Map models with FiM programs running and health outcomes already in Florida
Here is a set of materials and info you can read, print out, and share to educate your friends, family and legislators:
- Emergency Room Diversion Facts
- Florida Food is Medicine Fact Sheet 2024 by Center for Health Law Policy and Innovation at Harvard Law School
- Healthy Food Prescription Video Presentation