Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Oct 3, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedOct 3, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 74 words.
Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025 This bill expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to include medically necessary food and associated equipment and supplies. The bill defines medically necessary food as specially formulated and processed products (e.g., nutritional formulas) prescribed by health care practitioners for individuals who have special dietary requirements because of certain digestive or metabolic disorders or conditions.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 107 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 2,644 words
- Latest action
- Oct 3, 2025: 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 3304 Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025 R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]