HR 4926 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Medical Foods Equity Act of 2010

Introduced Mar 24, 2010 Originated House Sponsor Tammy Baldwin D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 30, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 24, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medical Foods Equity Act of 2010 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include coverage of: (1) medically necessary food and food modified to be low protein; and (2) pharmacological doses of vitamins and amino acids used for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism. Provides for similar coverage under the TRICARE program (military health care).

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to provide coverage in group and individual plans of such food and vitamins and amino acids.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the minimum yearly coverage for all health insurance plans based upon the expanded coverage provided by this Act.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2010 to Nov 15, 2010, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXChet EdwardsOriginalMar 24, 2010
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 24, 2010
D-COJared PolisOriginalMar 24, 2010
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalMar 24, 2010
D-CAJohn GaramendiMay 18, 2010
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeJun 8, 2010
R-MIVernon J. EhlersJun 8, 2010
D-CTChristopher MurphyJun 10, 2010
D-FLCorrine BrownJun 10, 2010
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenJun 10, 2010
D-FLKathy CastorJun 10, 2010
D-CALaura RichardsonJun 10, 2010
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Jun 10, 2010
D-MIBart StupakJun 14, 2010
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 14, 2010
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Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Apr 23, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  3. Mar 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. Mar 24, 2010Introduced in House
  5. Mar 24, 2010Referred to House Armed Services
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Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2766Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009Identical billNov 10, 2009

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Mar 24, 2010Introduced in House

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