3.0.0 311 2023-01-11T13:20:28Z 2023-01-11T13:20:28Z Senate S S 2011-02-08 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-08T16:19:19Z Medical Foods Equity Act of 2011 112 1311 HR 2011-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2011-02-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-02-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S633-634) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-08 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 2011-02-08 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-02-17 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-02-28 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-03-31 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-05-26 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-06-09 False 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 2011-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-15T15:02:05Z Medical Foods Equity Act of 2011 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (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 that is formulated to be consumed or administered under the supervision of a physician and the medical equipment and supplies necessary to administer such food; and (2) pharmacological doses of vitamins and amino acids used for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism. Applies such coverage requirements to 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 require health plans to provide coverage of such food, 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. Authorizes the Secretary to establish age-specific minimum levels of coverage. Declares that the minimum yearly coverage determined by the Secretary shall not preempt any state standards that require a higher minimum yearly coverage level for the same services and benefits.

]]> Medical Foods Equity Act of 2011 Display Title Medical Foods Equity Act of 2011 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 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s311is/xml/BILLS-112s311is.xml 2011-02-08 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.