118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2133 — Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Act

“A bill 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 Jun 22, 2023

Last action Jun 22, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jun 22, 2023

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Referred

Jun 22, 2023

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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 Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jun 22, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jun 22, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.