Amendment H-8063 to HF 2676
Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and education, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Adopted · March 3, 2026
Filed March 2, 2026 in the House by
In plain words
AI summary This amendment removes the requirement for medical professionals to take nutrition and metabolic health classes to renew their licenses. It also adds a rule that the state will ask the federal government to update the list of eligible foods for nutrition assistance programs to match a specific list from 2026.1
What it changes
- By striking page 1, line 27, through page 4, line
- Page 5, by striking lines 4 through 16 and inserting: “The department shall continuously request that the United States department of agriculture, food and nutrition service, provide approval, for purposes of state administration of the supplemental food and nutrition program and the summer EBT program, if the state participates in the summer EBT program, for a modification to the list of eligible foods in 7 C.F.R. §271.2 to only include foods that are eligible as of January 1,
- The department may seek approval for additional foods to be excluded based on healthy food standards if the state provides all authorized SNAP retailers with a list of ineligible foods identified by universal product code, and instructions for point-of-sale compliance. The department shall implement each modification upon receipt of approval.”
- By renumbering as necessary.