Subcommittee refers bill requiring VDH food‑insecurity data collection to Appropriations HB674 directs VDH to collect food insecurity information using a validated tool after the federal data feed was eliminated; a substitute gives VDH flexibility on data points and reporting and the bill was referred to Appropriations 9–0.

Virginia's new bill aims to fill the food insecurity data gap left by the federal government, empowering the Department of Health to track vital nutrition trends!

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