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H.R. 5370: Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021

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H.R. 5370: Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-09-24 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-09-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021

Plain summary

Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a demonstration program to allow hospitals to provide medically tailored, home-delivered meals to Medicare beneficiaries who have a diet-impacted disease (e.g., kidney disease) and have daily living limitations. Participating hospitals must (1) retain a physician, registered dietitian or nutrition professional, or clinical social worker to screen, monitor, and coordinate services for individuals who receive meals through the program; and (2) contract with experienced organizations for meal delivery. Hospitals may choose to also provide meals to an individual's primary caregiver or to a dependent under the age of 18 who resides in the same household.

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Official text

Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · 53 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Sara Jacobs (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5370 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117