Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 10, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 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.
- IntroducedJun 10, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021
This bill expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health care programs, and private health insurance to include foods, vitamins, and individual amino acids that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 10, 2021 to Sep 27, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jun 10, 2021 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jun 10, 2021 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Jun 10, 2021 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 27, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Feb 10, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Mar 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Mar 21, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 2, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Sep 12, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Sep 27, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 10, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Jun 10, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-1 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SECTORS436 pages | Agriculture Committee | Feb 25, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3783 | Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jun 9, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorder under Federal health programs and private health insurance, to ensure State and Federal protection for existing coverage, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Allergies
- Child health
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Food assistance and relief
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Hereditary and development disorders
- Immunology and vaccination
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
