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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for food-based interventions.
Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Kim, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for food-based interventions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Disease Intervention through Nutrition Education Act” or the “DINE Act”.
SEC. 2. Food-based interventions.
(a) Definition of disease prevention and health promotion services.—Section 102(14) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002(14)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “screening for eligibility for Federal and non-Federal (including community-based) food is medicine programs and” before “routine”;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting “, including referrals to Federal and non-Federal (including community-based) food is medicine programs, if appropriate” after “caregivers”; and
(3) in subparagraph (D), by inserting “(including from medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions)” after “improved nutrition”.
(b) Administration of nutrition services.—Section 205(a)(2)(A) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3016(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (vi), by inserting “, including the use of innovative approaches, including food-based interventions, such as produce prescriptions” after “systems”; and
(2) in clause (viii), by inserting “and innovative approaches, including intervention programs, such as produce prescriptions,” after “including strategies”.
(c) Nutrition education.—Section 214(2)(C) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020e(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) by inserting “interventions and” after “other”; and
(2) by inserting “and referral to food-based intervention programs” after “and counseling”.