Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Dec 2, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedDec 2, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
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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
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 14 of 263 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 2,646 words
- Latest action
- Dec 2, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 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 H.R. 5684 Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act of 2025 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]