Creates the "Food is Medicine Act"

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Creates the "Food is Medicine Act"

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What This Bill Does

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• Under this act, the Department of Social Services shall submit a waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a "Food is Medicine" program.
• The program shall be designed to improve health outcomes for MO HealthNet participants with nutrition-related chronic diseases through nutrition services and to reduce the need for medical care for those participants.
• Covered nutrition services may include case management, nutrition counseling, meals or pantry stocking, nutrition prescriptions, and grocery provisions.

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SB 1499 - This act creates the "Food is Medicine Act". Under this act, the Department of Social Services shall submit a waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a "Food is Medicine" program. The program shall be designed to improve health outcomes for MO HealthNet participants with nutrition-related chronic diseases through nutrition services and to reduce the need for medical care for those participants. Covered nutrition services may include case management, nutrition counseling, meals or pantry stocking, nutrition prescriptions, and grocery provisions. When feasible, the MO HealthNet Division shall prioritize the inclusion of community-based organizations and local growers to support the purchase of locally grown food in nutrition prescription.
SARAH HASKINS

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1499
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY .
5038S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 208, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a MO HealthNet
waiver for nutrition services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 208, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 208.270, to read as 2
follows:3
208.270. 1. This section shall be known and may be 1
cited as the "Food is Medicine Act". The department of 2
social services shall apply to the Centers for Medicare and 3
Medicaid Services of the federal Department of Health and 4
Human Services for a Section 1115 demonstration waiver to 5
implement the "Food is Medicine" program for the purpose of 6
providing nutrition supports through the MO HealthNet 7
program. The food is medicine program shall be designed to 8
improve health outcomes for MO HealthNet participants with 9
nutrition-related chronic diseases through nutrition 10
services and to reduce the need for medical care for those 11
participants. 12
2. Nutrition services covered under this program may 13
include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 14
(1) Case management; 15
(2) Nutrition counseling; 16
(3) Meals or pantry stocking; 17
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(4) Nutrition prescriptions; and 18
(5) Grocery provisions. 19
3. Whenever feasible, the MO HealthNet division shall 20
prioritize the inclusion of community-based organizations 21
and local growers to support the purchase of locally grown 22
food in nutrition prescriptions. 23
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