US Congress House Bill 1311 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20)
Status: Introduced on April 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medical Foods Equity Act of 2011 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include coverage of: (1) medically necessary food and food modified to be low protein that is formulated to be consumed or administered under the supervision of a physician and the medical equipment and supplies necessary to administer such food; and (2) pharmacological doses of vitamins and amino acids used for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism. Applies such coverage requirements to the TRICARE program (military health care). Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require health plans to provide coverage of such food, vitamins, and amino acids. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the minimum yearly coverage for all health insurance plans based upon the expanded coverage provided by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish age-specific minimum levels of coverage. Declares that the minimum yearly coverage determined by the Secretary shall not preempt any state standards that require a higher minimum yearly coverage level for the same services and benefits.

Medical Foods Equity Act of 2011

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-04-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-04-01	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-04-01	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-04-01	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-04-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-04-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

SB311 (Same As) 2011-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1311/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1311/BILLS-112hr1311ih.pdf