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New State Laws Will Require Nutrition CME and the MAHA Politics Behind Them

July 1, 2025

What changed

‍Louisiana enacted Act 463 requiring physicians and PAs in specified specialties to complete at least one hour of nutrition and metabolic health CME every four years, beginning with CME cycles that start on January 1, 2026. The hour counts within existing totals; the medical board will set detailed content by rule.

Texas followed with SB 25, creating a nutrition/metabolic-health education requirement across training pipelines and directing the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee and state boards to set curriculum and licensure-renewal expectations by rule. First impact hits renewals filed on or after January 1, 2027, pending board rulemaking.

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The politics

‍Neither statute uses the slogan, but both rollouts have been framed under HHS’s “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” banner—an administration initiative promoting nutrition and metabolic health reforms. HHS and the White House are actively branding state actions as MAHA “wins,” while also pressing institutions (e.g., medical schools) to show nutrition-training plans—federal pressure that shapes the agenda even though the legal teeth are in state law and board rules.

Why it matters now.‍

For multi-state provider groups and brokers, compliance will turn on state board rulemaking (Texas in particular). Track how boards define acceptable coursework, hour counts, and documentation, because those details—not the federal branding—will govern audits and renewals starting in 2026–2027.