Sign Up
S 2013 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021

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.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands Medicare/Medicaid/private insurance coverage for medically necessary nutrition treatments, advancing access to care for digestive/metabolic disorders.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 10, 2021 Last action Jun 10, 2021
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jun 10, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Jun 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 24 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
PA
n/a
Co
Photo of Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
CA
n/a
Co
Photo of Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
MN
n/a
Co
Photo of Angus S. King, Jr.
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
ME
n/a
Co
Photo of Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
IA
n/a
Co
Photo of Cory A. Booker
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
NJ
n/a
Co
Photo of Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
DDemocratic
MI
n/a
Co
Photo of Edward J. Markey
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
MA
n/a
Co
Photo of Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
MA
n/a
Co
Photo of Gary C. Peters
Gary C. Peters
DDemocratic
MI
n/a
Co
Photo of Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
NV
n/a