Establish or expand Food as Medicine programs.

To provide for the establishment or expansion of Food as Medicine programs, and for other purposes.

Ruiz introduced the National Food as Medicine Program Act of 2026, which would establish or expand Food as Medicine programs.

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall award grants to States to plan, implement, expand, or evaluate Food as Medicine programs.

Ruiz offers an amendment directing HHS to create a grant program for states to establish, implement, expand, or evaluate Food as Medicine programs.

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Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill ... Full Title To provide for the establishment or expansion of Food as Medicine programs, and for other purposes.

Ruiz introduced H.R. 8390, the National Food as Medicine Program Act of 2026, to establish or expand Food as Medicine programs.

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At the end of subtitle C of title IV, add the following: Food as Medicine Medicaid waiver grant program. The amendment says the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish grants to States to plan, implement, expand, or evaluate Food as Medicine programs, with priority for certain partnerships and use of funds to establish, implement, and expand Food as Medicine interventions.

Ruiz offered a substantive committee amendment to create and fund Food as Medicine grant authority. This is a concrete legislative step, but it is not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

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GovInfo lists H.R. 8390 as introduced by Mr. Ruiz and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Agriculture. The bill's full title is 'To provide for the establishment or expansion of Food as Medicine programs, and for other purposes.'

Ruiz formally introduced a bill to establish or expand Food as Medicine programs during the current Congress. The bill is introduced only, so the promise is not delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

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Action: Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture... Bill Number H.R. 8390... Full Title: To provide for the establishment or expansion of Food as Medicine programs, and for other purposes.

Ruiz formally introduced a bill to establish or expand Food as Medicine programs, but introduction alone is only a partial step and does not deliver the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

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Amendment 8, Version 1, Ruiz (CA), Moulton (MA), Carson (IN), Plaskett (VI), Pou (NJ), Buchanan (FL): Provides for the establishment or expansion of Food as Medicine programs. Status: Submitted.

Ruiz and cosponsors filed a fresh committee amendment to advance Food as Medicine language, showing continued active effort in the same term, but not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7567 – Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 | House of Representatives Committee on Rules
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