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.
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.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.
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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.'
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.
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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.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.
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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.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.
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NATIONAL FOOD AS MEDICINE PROGRAM ACT
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 8390 ), H2995 [20AP]
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A new GovInfo Congressional Record Index entry in the lookback window still points to H.R. 8390 and the April 20 House record, showing continued indexing of Ruiz's Food as Medicine bill but no enactment record.
shall award grants to States to plan, implement, expand, or evaluate Food as Medicine programs.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text directly matches the promise by proposing grant authority to establish or expand Food as Medicine programs, but the text is introduced legislation rather than enacted law.
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Current status
In Committee
In committee for 143 days.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A current legislative tracker sourced from congressional data shows H.R. 8390 remains in committee during the lookback period, so the proposed program has not yet been enacted or implemented.
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The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has not marked up a farm bill during the 119th Congress.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The broader farm-bill vehicle that Ruiz tried to amend had not advanced through Senate committee as of the CRS update, leaving that possible route unresolved rather than delivered.
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supports Food Is Medicine interventions.
Content last reviewed on September 3, 2026
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A recent HHS Food Is Medicine resource update shows federal support materials for implementation, but it does not document enactment of Ruiz's proposed grant program or a new federal program delivering the commitment.
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never.same_termA for effort
Ruiz materially advanced Food as Medicine policy by introducing H.R. 8390 and offering a substantive committee amendment to create grant authority, but the evidence shows only introduction/submission, not enactment or implementation. That is a serious same-term attempt that did not ultimately deliver the promised outcome.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never.same_termA for effort
Ruiz introduced H.R. 8390, the National Food as Medicine Program Act of 2026, and submitted related Food as Medicine amendment language, which are serious same-term legislative efforts to establish or expand such programs. However, the evidence shows introduction/submission and committee referral only, not enactment or implementation of the promised program expansion. Because the promised outcome has not been delivered, this should not receive full delivery credit, but the effort badge is warranted.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%