Nutrition services; creating the Food is Medicine Act; creating certain incentive for Medicaid contracted entities; providing for certain expansion of nutrition services. Effective date. Emergency.
SB 806, the Food is Medicine Act, requires Medicaid contractors to expand nutrition services for enrollees, particularly those with diet-related health conditions like diabetes. It creates financial incentives for healthcare providers to offer medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling as part of Medicaid coverage. This directly affects Medicaid beneficiaries and their healthcare providers by integrating food-based health interventions into standard care. The law took immediate effect after Governor approval on May 8, 2025, without a waiting period.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 12, 2025
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The bill was revised from the House version to the Senate version, primarily changing the title page information, authorship credits, and committee report details. The substantive policy content regarding nutrition services, federal approval requirements, and program implementation appears unchanged in the visible portions of the text.
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Header information changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and authorship credits.
Committee report date and approval language changed from April 16, 2025 to February 24, 2025 with 'AS AMENDED' designation.
Page footers and document identifiers were updated to reflect Senate floor version formatting.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025 · House May 1, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 26, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican40
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/08/2025
upper
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 8
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Health
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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