3.0.0 2766 2023-01-11T13:17:07Z 2023-01-11T13:17:07Z Senate S S 2009-11-10 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-10T21:39:45Z Medical Foods Equity Act of 2010 111 4926 HR 2010-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2009-11-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-11-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11349) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-11-10 True Health Child health Digestive and metabolic diseases Food assistance and relief Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicare Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Health 00 2009-11-10 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-01T15:02:13Z Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009 - 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.

]]> Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009 Display Title Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs and private health insurance. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2766is/xml/BILLS-111s2766is.xml 2009-11-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.