United States 116th Congress Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HR 2625 — LIVE Well Act

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Long-term InVestment in Education and Wellness Act or the LIVE Well Act This bill includes eating-disorder prevention and promotion of long-term health practices in the educational component of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) and local school wellness policies created under the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs. Under current law, states may elect to implement certain nutrition education and obesity prevention programs as part of SNAP-Ed; this bill requires the Department of Agriculture to specifically implement a nutrition education and obesity prevention program that includes a focus on long-term health practices.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill expands the scope of nutrition education and obesity prevention programs to include eating disorders prevention.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    The definition of eligible individual now includes those involved in eating disorders prevention.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    to implement a nutrition education and obesity prevention program for eligible individuals → to implement an evidence-based nutrition education, eating disorders prevention, or obesity prevention program for eligible individuals

    The program will specifically include components for eating disorders prevention.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    and → , Eating Disorders Prevention, or

    Enhances clarity by categorizing eating disorders prevention in the context of service delivery.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    Allows agencies to deliver services that incorporate eating disorders prevention into their offerings.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    Allows for funding solutions that include eating disorders prevention in grant programs.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    by inserting → ensure that interventions encourage screening for eating disorders and include long-term health practices.

    Mandates that nutrition interventions must focus on screening for eating disorders as well as promoting long-term health.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    Expands the types of uses for grant funds to include eating disorders prevention initiatives.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758b

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    Integrates eating disorders prevention into local wellness policies.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758b

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    Acknowledges eating disorders prevention alongside other wellness practices.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758b

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    Allows local educational agencies to consider eating disorders in their policies.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758b

    and in coordination with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, → and in coordination with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, school health professionals,

    Broadens collaboration to include school health professionals in wellness initiatives.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758b

    and sound nutrition → and eating disorders prevention and screening

    Encourages local agencies to focus on both nutrition and eating disorders prevention.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758b

    and → , long-term health practices (as such term is defined in subsection (f) of section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a))

    Incorporates the definition of long-term health practices into local wellness grant objectives.

  • 7 U.S.C. 2036a

    and → , eating disorders prevention, or

    This inclusion allows for a more comprehensive approach to dietary programs.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 2625 do?
Long-term InVestment in Education and Wellness Act or the LIVE Well Act This bill includes eating-disorder prevention and promotion of long-term health practices in the educational component of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) and local school wellness policies created under the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs. Under current law, states may elect to implement certain nutrition education and obesity prevention programs as part of SNAP-Ed; this bill requires the Department of Agriculture to specifically implement a nutrition education and obesity prevention program that includes a focus on long-term health practices.
Who sponsors HR 2625?
HR 2625 is sponsored by Adams, Alma S. (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 2625?
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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