legislation aimed at modernizing the U.S. health care system by incorporating proven nutrition-based interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease. This legislation would direct the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a new bundled payment model that integrates “produce prescriptions” interventions into care for patients with chronic diseases.
Smucker will advance legislation to modernize health care by testing nutrition-based 'produce prescriptions' interventions for patients with chronic disease through CMMI.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official homepage's latest-news feed shows recent Smucker activity on the 2026 Congressional Art Competition, a Small Business Week op-ed, an executive order on retirement benefits, veterans legislation, workforce legislation, and a regulatory repeal. I found no claim-specific produce-prescriptions or CMMI health-care bill in the current 30-day lookback.
Assessments
The provided evidence does not show that Lloyd Smucker wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced legislation to test nutrition-based produce-prescription interventions through CMMI. The only evidence indicates that recent official activity focused on other issues and did not identify a claim-specific bill or CMMI action. That is not enough to mark the promise delivered, partial, or failed after a serious attempt, so the best judgment on this record is unresolved.