Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025
This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and federal employee health plans to cover medically necessary specialized foods, vitamins, and amino acids for people with specific digestive and metabolic conditions. It defines "medically necessary food" as prescribed formulas, vitamins, and amino acids designed for conditions like inherited metabolic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and severe food allergies that cannot be managed through regular diet. The bill mandates coverage of these items and necessary equipment for administration (like feeding tubes), with Medicare covering 80% of costs. This would directly benefit thousands of patients who rely on these specialized treatments to avoid serious health complications like malnutrition, hospitalizations, and developmental issues.
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Introduction
Oct 2025
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Introduced Oct 3, 2025
Last action Oct 3, 2025
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Oct 3, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Oct 3, 2025
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1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
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James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
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André Carson
DDemocratic
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Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
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Debbie Dingell
DDemocratic
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Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
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Jake Auchincloss
DDemocratic
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James R. Walkinshaw
DDemocratic
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John H. Rutherford
RRepublican
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John W. Mannion
DDemocratic
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Joseph D. Morelle
DDemocratic
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