HR 1582 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2005

Introduced Apr 12, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Fred Upton R-MI

Latest action · Apr 22, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 12, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize expansion of Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services to diseases, conditions, or disorders other than diabetes or a renal disease.

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2005 to Nov 13, 2006; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Apr 12, 2005
D-OR	David Wu	Original	Apr 12, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Original	Apr 12, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Apr 12, 2005
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Apr 12, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Apr 14, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 14, 2005
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 14, 2005
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 14, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Apr 14, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul		Apr 14, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 14, 2005
D-NC	David E. Price		Apr 20, 2005
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Apr 20, 2005
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Apr 20, 2005
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Apr 20, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Apr 28, 2005
D-NC	Brad Miller		Apr 28, 2005
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 28, 2005
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Apr 28, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 28, 2005
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Apr 28, 2005
D-NM	Tom Udall		Apr 28, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		May 19, 2005
D-MA	John F. Tierney		May 19, 2005
R-IA	Tom Latham		May 19, 2005
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 26, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Jun 9, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Jun 9, 2005
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Jun 9, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jun 16, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jun 17, 2005
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Jun 17, 2005
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Jun 28, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Jul 12, 2005
D-CA	Lois Capps		Sep 6, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr		Sep 6, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Oct 7, 2005
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Oct 7, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Nov 3, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Nov 16, 2005
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Nov 16, 2005
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Mar 28, 2006
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Mar 28, 2006
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Mar 28, 2006
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 28, 2006
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Mar 28, 2006
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Mar 28, 2006
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Mar 28, 2006
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Mar 28, 2006
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Mar 28, 2006
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Mar 28, 2006
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 28, 2006
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Mar 28, 2006
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 28, 2006
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Apr 4, 2006
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 6, 2006
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Apr 6, 2006
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Apr 25, 2006
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 25, 2006
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 3, 2006
D-CO	Mark Udall		May 11, 2006
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		May 11, 2006
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		May 17, 2006
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		May 23, 2006
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		May 25, 2006
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jun 27, 2006
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jun 27, 2006
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Jul 19, 2006
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Nov 13, 2006

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Apr 12, 2005
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 22, 2005
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Apr 12, 2005
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 19, 2005

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 22, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 12, 2005Introduced in House
Apr 12, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E626)
Apr 12, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E626	Fred Upton R-MI	Apr 12, 2005

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 604	Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2005	Identical bill	Mar 11, 2005

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize expansion of Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 12, 2005Introduced in House

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