Patient Access to Medical Foods Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 4, 2021)
Patient Access to Medical Foods Act
This bill provides for coverage of medical foods under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and TRICARE. The bill also requires private health insurance providers to cover medical foods.
Generally, a medical food is a food prescribed by a physician for the dietary management of a disease or condition. The bill expands this definition to include a food prescribed as a therapeutic option when a physician determines that traditional therapies are inappropriate for the patient. This definition shall apply to the insurance programs described above and to a federal grant program to encourage the development of drugs and medical foods for rare diseases.
What just happenedFeb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 4, 2021
- Feb 2, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 4, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jan 4, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Armed Services Committee - Jan 4, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jan 4, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 4, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House