What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is S 2133.
Free Medically Tailored Meals and Nutrition Therapy for High-Risk Medicare Patients.
This law establishes a four-year Medicare demonstration program providing specialized, home-delivered meals and nutritional counseling to high-risk patients recently discharged from selected hospitals. The goal is to improve health outcomes for seniors with diet-impacted diseases and significantly reduce costly hospital readmissions. Qualified participants receive these services entirely free of charge.
Key points
High-risk Medicare beneficiaries with diet-impacted diseases (like diabetes or heart failure) discharged from participating hospitals will receive free, specialized meals delivered to their homes.
The program provides at least two meals daily for a minimum of 12 weeks, along with free medical nutrition therapy.
Services are provided without any deductibles, copayments, or other cost-sharing for eligible individuals under this demonstration program.
Status:
Expired
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