Sec. 5. Food as Medicine Guidance
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the officials and stakeholders described in subsection (c), shall develop and issue— recommendations for States and counties to implement or expand a Food as Medicine program (as defined in section 2), clinical nutrition training for health care providers, and nutritional and behavioral support for patients to integrate food interventions into daily habits; and guidance related to— how a State may include food insecurity and or nutrition insecurity as conditions making an individual eligible to participate in Food as Medicine programs, in addition to eligible populations with chronic conditions; eligible populations that address food insecurity, nutrition insecurity, and chronic conditions; the duration and dosage of medically supportive food and nutrition intervention plans; the value-based procurement of food through a managed care rate setting process that includes minimum percentages and tier-based incentives to increase the procurement of products grown using covered methods of production (as defined in section 2) by socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 2279 )); determination of providers permitted to provide medically supportive food and nutrition interventions (as defined in section 2); and continuing education for health care providers prescribing medically supportive food and nutrition interventions.
The Secretary shall provide for 30-day public comment period with respect to any proposed guidance issued under this section. Such guidance shall not be finalized until the date that is 60 days after the close of such public comment period. The officials and stakeholders described in this subsection include the following: The heads of appropriate Federal agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary of Agriculture. Diverse stakeholders from community-based organizations, small- to medium-sized farms operated by socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, food hubs, health care providers, and Medicaid managed care organizations who have helped to implement Food as Medicine programs.
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