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Policy Impact

READ THE 2024 BILL

FLORIDA IS READY FOR FOOD IS MEDICINE

FL Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence

$1 Billion in new revenues to Florida businesses

$1 Billion in new revenues to Florida businesses

Innovation pilots in states today follow the NIH national best practice and establish a Center of Excellence 

(CoE). This “Hub and Spoke” infrastructure model supports common protocols and unified predetermined 

common endpoints for tracking. HB 253 and SB 488 propose AHCA establish a Florida Food is Medicine CoE operated by the Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition with subject matter expert and over 1,100 member participants


 Read CoE One Sheet Rationale.


Read the Rationale

$1 Billion in new revenues to Florida businesses

$1 Billion in new revenues to Florida businesses

$1 Billion in new revenues to Florida businesses

  

How can Florida AHCA save $1 Billion and
bring $1 Billion to Florida Businesses? 

10-Year FiMPilot Economy Generates $1,058,865,135  Florida Businesses, Charities, Clinics, Physicians, Patients and Healthcare Providers: Find out how the FIM Funding ecosystem comes together. 


 Review  $2 B Business Case >>

View $2 Billion Business Case

Tufts University Research Complete on One Florida FiM Program

What's the difference between nutrition security and food is medicine?

What's the difference between nutrition security and food is medicine?

The only evaluated FiM Program in Florida, the Healthy Food Prescription shows a drop in HbA1C’s = -0.8 Points in 6 Months.


The Healthy Food Prescription (HFP) was conceived by Tufts Researchers and Living Hungry for a science informed protocol to counter diabetes among food insecure patients involving Principal Investigator Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian and Dr. Kurt Hager. 


 View the Research Report

Watch Video Presentation 


Read the White Paper

What's the difference between nutrition security and food is medicine?

What's the difference between nutrition security and food is medicine?

What's the difference between nutrition security and food is medicine?

Health biomarker improvements. 


 Food is Medicine (FIM)
is a Healthcare Model of a Behavioral Health Intervention with medically precise nutrition for the treatment of diet-related disease with best practices centered at a NIH model hub called the FL FiMCenter of Excellence per HB 253/SB 488. 


 Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
is a Hunger Model  for addressing food insecurity with nutrition security programs from food banks, SNAP, WIC, School Meals which are population level healthy food programs vital to all communities living in poverty.  

View the Side by Side Comparison

LIVE Announcement of HB 253 by Rep. Caruso

Watch Rep. Mike Caruso announce he just filed the Food is Medicine Bill for Medicaid Waiver 1115 to pilot programs in three counties of Florida. HB 253 was filed for the live announcement at the Jumpstart Session Event with U.S. House Rep. Wasserman Schultz and Dr. Scott Angle, Interim Provost UF and EVP UF/IFAS at Holy Cross Hospital Healthplex on October 23, 2023, hosted by Holy Cross Hospital, South Florida Hunger Coalition, and the Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition.

WATCH Live Announcement @ Florida FiM "Jumpstart Session" -US Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz + Dr. Scott Angle, University of Florida/IFAS

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Watch how the new $2 Billion Food is Medicine Economy will be brought to life in Florida by both bills in the Florida Legislature now: HB 253 and SB 488

FL House Bill 253 AND SENATE BILL 488

WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY :

Imagine a Florida where Food is Medicine is paid for by Medicaid.


SB 488 and HB 253 are two bills in the Florida House and Senate this year for that purpose. 

Sen. Polsky & Rep. Caruso are fighting for us!


  • SB 488 Bill by Sen. Tina Polsky* Second Year Sen. Polksy Sponsors our FiM Bill
  • HB 253 Bill by Rep. Mike Caruso


It's Committee Time!

Our two bills have to go through three assigned committees in each chamber, the House and the Senate. These committee members need to hear from you!

  • Senate Health Policy Committee - Click here to help Tina
  • House Select Committee on Health Innovation - Click here to help Mike


Please Call (best!) 

"Hello, my name is ____, and I live in_____ I am interested in the Food is Medicine Bill and want you to vote YES on HB 253 or SB 488. 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." 


Florida Senate Committees 

Links to Contact

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


Florida House Committees on Health  

Links to Contact

  1. Select Committee on Health Innovation- click to view
  2. Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee -click to view
  3. Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee- click to view
  4. Health & Human Services Committee- click to view 


Click on the Links above to email and call the staff and members to alert them to your interest in the FiM Bills.  


Making the case

Why Florida is Ready for Food is Medicine Pilot now?


  1. Healthcare and Nutrition Subject Matter Experts with FL Health & Nutrition Coalition 
  2. Research, Evaluation & Waiver Expertise & Experience in Florida already
  3. One Evaluated FiM program in Florida: Healthy Food Prescription with Tufts University
  4.  1,200-member FiM network of stakeholders in Florida  and growing already
  5. Five FiM program implementing partners with FiM programs run and done with health outcomes published already in Florida
  6. CoE Model experience and expertise for innovation at scale across Florida already underway


Here is a set of materials and info you can read, print out, and share to educate your friends, family and legislators:


  • Food is Medicine "Start Here" One-Sheet
  • Primer & Analysis:  HB 253 and SB 488 
  • Emergency Room Diversion Facts
  • Florida Food is Medicine Fact Sheet 2024 by Center for Health Law Policy and Innovation at Harvard Law School  
  • Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition's Impact 2023 Report One Sheet
  • Florida Food is Medicine Center of Excellence Model One Sheet
  • Healthy Food Prescription White Paper
  • Healthy Food Prescription Video Presentation

I WANT TO HELP!

"U.S. Begins Allowing Medicaid Money to Be Spent on Food". 2.12.2023

WALL STREET JOURNAL >>

“Food is Medicine: pilot program to take giant bite out of health care costs" -USA TODAY 2.27.2023

USA TODAY >>

"ending Malnourishment using food as Medicine". 4.17.2023

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