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FL House Bill 253
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Florida Senate Committees on Health
Florida House Committees on Health
- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- Health & Human Services Committee
- Select Committee on Health Innovation
Bill Summary
An act relating to Medicaid coverage for prescribed foods for disease treatment and prevention; providing definitions; requiring
AHCA & DOH to establish the Food is Medicine Pilot Program to provide Medicaid coverage for purchases and deliveries of prescribed health-promoting foods under certain circumstances; requiring the agency, in conjunction with the department, to seek federal approval and waivers for the pilot program; requiring the federal waiver application to seek matching funds; requiring referrals of pilot program patients to certain federal and federally funded programs; requiring allocation of a portion of pilot program implementation budget to a
specified organization for the establishment of a specified center; providing operation requirements for the center; providing reporting requirements; equiring the agency, in conjunction with the department, to adopt rules; providing requirements for the rules; providing an effective date..