Florida HB 1315: Veteran Suicide Prevention Training

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HB 1315 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to behavioral health intervention 2
services; creating s. 409.9206, F.S.; providing 3
legislative findings and purpose; providing 4
definitions; authorizing, contingent upon an 5
appropriation, the state Medicaid plan to fund a 6
demonstration pilot program for specified purposes in 7
specified counties; providing pilot program 8
requirements; requiring the state Medicaid plan to 9
provide a specified report to the Legislature in a 10
certain timeframe; providing for expiration of the 11
pilot program; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Section 409.9206, Florida Statutes, is created 16
to read: 17
409.9206 De-risking disease behavioral health intervention 18
services pilot program.— 19
(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDING; PURPOSE.— 20
(a) The Legislature finds that under federal Medicaid 21
managed care regulations 42 CFR 438.3(e)(2) and 42 CFR 438.16, 22
the Agency for Health Care Administration may approve de-risking 23
disease behavioral health intervention services. 24
(b) The purpose of this section is to authorize the state 25

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Medicaid plan to fund a demonstration pilot program that shall 26
provide a de-risking disease behavioral health intervention 27
services management plan to recipients of the state Medicaid 28
plan in Region G, which consists of Indian River, Martin, 29
Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties. 30
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 31
(a) "De-risking disease behavioral health intervention 32
services" means a set of five concurrent, chronic disease, self-33
management services and medical nutrition supports demonstrated 34
in scientific research to improve behavioral health and chronic 35
disease outcomes. The term includes: 36
1. Behavioral health counseling by a licensed clinical 37
social worker for lifestyle modifications for patients diagnosed 38
with depression and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. 39
2. Medical nutrition therapy by a registered dietitian 40
nutritionist for diet and lifestyle modifications for patients 41
with depression and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. 42
3. Biomarker health tracking, nudging, and reporting by 43
Diabetes Supply Services Coverage Policy approved devices 44
including HbA1C, blood sugar glucose, oxygen, heart rate, 45
lipids, weight, body mass index, blood pressures, and other 46
biomarkers. 47
4. Medical disease nutrition education designed for 48
depression or diabetes mellitus, and is evidence-based, and 49
demonstrated to improve measurable health outcomes. 50

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5. Medical nutrition supports are evidence-based lifestyle 51
modification services demonstrated to improve health outcomes 52
for patients diagnosed with depression and diabetes mellitus, 53
and include clinical nutrition groceries, or home-delivered 54
medically tailored meals, or produce prescriptions, or other 55
evidence-based medically necessary nutrition interventions 56
demonstrated to be cost effective by scientific research 57
studies. 58
(b) "Participant" means a Medicaid enrollee recipient and 59
recipient family participating in the pilot program. 60
(c) "Pilot program" means the demonstration pilot program 61
established by the state Medicaid plan. 62
(3) PILOT PROGRAM.—Contingent upon an appropriation, the 63
state Medicaid plan may fund a demonstration pilot program to 64
provide behavioral health intervention services for Region G, 65
which consists of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, 66
and St. Lucie Counties. 67
(a) Under the pilot program, Medicaid managed assistance 68
providers may offer de-risking disease behavioral health 69
intervention services: 70
1. In lieu of services specified in the state Medicaid 71
plan to an enrollee who is diagnosed with both of the following: 72
a. Depression or anxiety. 73
b. Diabetes mellitus, obesity, or coronary heart disease. 74
2. To 1,000 participants as a disease management plan. 75

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(b) The design, evaluation, and outcomes shall be from a 76
research evaluation conducted by nutrition scientists at Tufts 77
University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, a 78
qualified and accredited academic institution specialized in 79
nutrition, and the Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition 80
program implementation experts. The pilo