3.0.0 1194 2023-01-11T13:36:25Z 2023-01-11T13:36:25Z Senate S 2017-05-22 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-22T20:35:04Z Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017 115 2587 HR 2017-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2017-05-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-05-22 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-06-13 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-11-06 False Health Allergies Child health Digestive and metabolic diseases Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Hereditary and development disorders Immunology and vaccination Medicaid Medicare Nutrition and diet Surgery and anesthesia Health 00 2017-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-12T16:25:01Z Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017

This bill provides for coverage, under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health-care programs, and private health insurance, of foods and vitamins that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions.

]]> Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017 Display Title Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins for digestive and inherited metabolic disorders under Federal health programs and private health insurance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1194is/xml/BILLS-115s1194is.xml 2017-05-22 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.