The Disease Intervention through Nutrition Education Act, or DINE Act, modifies the Older Americans Act to expand nutrition services for seniors by incorporating food-based interventions like produce prescriptions and medically tailored meals. The bill requires programs serving older adults to screen seniors for eligibility in food-as-medicine programs, provide referrals to these initiatives when appropriate, and include nutrition education that emphasizes food-based interventions. This legislation affects seniors and the agencies and organizations that administer nutrition and health services under the Older Americans Act framework. The bill does not specify new funding amounts in the provided text but authorizes modifications to existing nutrition service programs already operating under the Older Americans Act. The legislation was introduced in July 2024 and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for consideration.
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