118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6780 — Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act

“To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program to test a payment and service delivery model under part A of Medicare to improve clinical health outcomes and reduce the rate of readmissions of certain individuals.”

Health

Introduced Dec 14, 2023

Last action Dec 17, 2024

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Dec 14, 2023

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Referred

Dec 17, 2024

Ways & Means

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes a Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program for certain Medicare beneficiaries after they are discharged from a hospital. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish a four-year demonstration program under which hospitals provide medically tailored, home-delivered meals and associated nutrition therapy for beneficiaries who have a diet-impacted disease (e.g., kidney disease) after they are discharged from the hospital. Hospitals must screen individuals to determine if they qualify for the program as part of the discharge planning process and continue to screen these individuals as part of program participation. Qu...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 3 actions

Dec 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Dec 14, 2023

Introduced in House

Dec 14, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.