Create the Healthy Food Incentives Program

Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates the healthy food incentives program (program) in the department of public health and environment to be administered by the prevention services division (division).

The division shall partner with a statewide nonprofit organization that has experience in supporting healthy food incentives programs to provide healthy food incentives that benefit Colorado's low-income populations. The healthy food incentives must attempt to improve access to fresh Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables within Colorado's low-income communities.

The bill limits the division's and the nonprofit organization's administrative expenses.

For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, the bill appropriates $500,000 to the department of public health and environment for use by the division to implement the program.

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)