119th Congress · introduced in the House · Sep 17, 2025
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
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Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Sep 17, 2025)
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a temporary program through which certain Medicare beneficiaries with diet-impacted diseases may receive medically tailored meals at home to reduce their rate of hospital readmissions.
Specifically, the CMS must select, upon application, at least 40 hospitals to participate in a six-year program to deliver medically tailored meals to qualifying individuals' homes. Participating hospitals must meet specified program integrity and quality of care metrics and certify that they are able to provide the required meals and associated medical nutrition therapy. Hospitals must have a physician, registered dietitian or nutrition professional, advanced practice nurse, or clinical social worker screen inpatients upon discharge from the hospital and every 12 weeks thereafter to determine whether these individuals qualify for the meal program.
In order to qualify for the program, individuals must have a diet-impacted disease (e.g., kidney disease), live at home, not be receiving extended care services or hospice care, be limited with respect to at least two activities of daily living, and meet any other criteria for high-risk readmissions (as determined by the CMS).
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4374-4375)
Introduced in House
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Congressional oversight · Data collection, sharing, protection · Food assistance and relief · Government trust funds · Health care costs and insurance · Health programs administration and funding · Health promotion and preventive care · Medicare · Nutrition and diet · Performance measurement
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AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$3,840,000
Spent on own lobbying
…to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes; H.R. 5439 / S. 2834, Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act, all provisions S. 4927, Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, all provisions; Heal…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HEALTHCARE NUTRITION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEN COMPANY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Amount not reported
…Medical Foods & Formulas Access Act - H.R.5684) Strengthen Food Is Medicine (FIM) Framework (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act - S.2834/H.R. 5439)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$1,790,000
Spent on own lobbying
…extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years and make other adjustments. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act, H.R.5439, S.2834. The bill would create a pilot program in Medicare for beneficiaries with diet-related diseases to receive medically tailored meals to their own home.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FOOD IS MEDICINE COALITION · lobbying firm or registrant: ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…abor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027), regarding federal support for medically tailored meals programs H.R. 5439 and S. 2839 (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act), regarding federal support for medically tailored meals programs
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$80,000
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 4206) Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 5081/S. 2709) CONNECT For Health Act (H.R. 4206/S. 1261) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act (H.R. 5439/S. 2834) Accountable Produce is Medicine Act (H.R. 8355/S. 5267) Medicaid Interim Final Rule
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PURFOODS, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 15, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…e and reimbursement for home delivered meals. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Medicaid model demonstration coverage of home delivered meals. H.R. 5439 - Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$600,000
Spent on own lobbying
…olence with the Save Healthcare Workers Act (H.R. 3178/S. 1600), Front of Package Food Labeling, The Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act (H.R. 5439/S. 2834); The Nursing is a Professional Degree Act (H.R. 8691/S. 4568), H.R.9260 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TUFTS UNIVERSITY · lobbying firm or registrant: LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 12, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 5439, S. 2834, Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act, Issues pertaining to Food is Medicine.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FEEDING AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: CORBIN STRATEGIES LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 9, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Advocate on Food Is Medicine policy matters (H.R.5439/S.2834, Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Demonstration Act, Maternity Produce Program).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HEALTHCARE NUTRITION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEN COMPANY
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Amount not reported
…Medical Foods & Formulas Access Act - H.R.5684) Strengthen Food Is Medicine (FIM) Framework (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act - S.2834/H.R. 5439)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$400,000
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 4206) Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 5081/S. 2709) CONNECT For Health Act (H.R. 4206/S. 1261) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act (H.R. 5439/S. 2834) Medicaid Interim Final Rule
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$680,000
Spent on own lobbying
…olence with the Save Healthcare Workers Act (H.R. 3178/S. 1600), Front of Package Food Labeling, The Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act (H.R. 5439/S. 2834); The Nursing is a Professional Degree Act (H.R. 8691/S. 4568), H.R.9260 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$1,240,000
Spent on own lobbying
…extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years and make other adjustments. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act, H.R.5439, S.2834. The bill would create a pilot program in Medicare for beneficiaries with diet-related diseases to receive medically tailored meals to their own home.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FOOD IS MEDICINE COALITION · lobbying firm or registrant: ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 18, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…abor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027), regarding federal support for medically tailored meals programs H.R. 5439 (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act), regarding federal support for medically tailored meals programs
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRINITY HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: TRINITY HEALTH
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$240,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t HR 538 Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025 HR 3222 SMART Health Care Act HR 4559 Prompt and Fair Pay Act HR 6199 Medical Nutrition Therapy Act S 2834/HR 5439 Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act HR 9504 Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act Food is medicine
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TUFTS UNIVERSITY · lobbying firm or registrant: LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 16, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 5439, S. 2834, Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act, Issues pertaining to Food is Medicine.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HOUSTON FOOD BANK · lobbying firm or registrant: HOUSTON FOOD BANK
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 18, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
Amount not reported
Met with a few members of our House delegation on HR 5439 (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act) which would create a 6 year Medicare pilot for individuals at high risk of hospital readmission if…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
TRINITY HEALTH · lobbying firm or registrant: TRINITY HEALTH
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 4, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$240,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t HR 538 Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025 HR 3222 SMART Health Care Act HR 4559 Prompt and Fair Pay Act HR 6199 Medical Nutrition Therapy Act S 2834/HR 5439 Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HEALTHCARE NUTRITION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEN COMPANY
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Amount not reported
…Medical Foods & Formulas Access Act - H.R.5684) Strengthen Food Is Medicine (FIM) Framework (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act - S.2834/H.R. 5439)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…etion Fairness Act (H.R. 3267 / S.3487) Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act (S. 3757) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act (H.R. 5439, S. 2834) Nutrition Education Community Academic Health Systems
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$2,300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years and make other adjustments. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act, H.R.5439, S.2834. The bill would create a pilot program in Medicare for beneficiaries with diet-related diseases to receive medically tailored meals to their own home.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FOOD IS MEDICINE COALITION · lobbying firm or registrant: ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 16, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…abor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026), regarding federal support for medically tailored meals programs H.R. 5439 (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act), regarding federal support for medically tailored meals programs H.R.7267 (Produce Prescriptions fo…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$6,570,000
Spent on own lobbying
…DRAFT, Issues related to how the Rural Health Transformation Fund allocates funding; S. 3097, Health Information Privacy Reform Act, all provisions; S. 2834 / H.R. 5439, Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act, all provisions; DRAFT, Issues pertaining to nursing school faculty workforce development; DRAFT, WE…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HEALTHCARE NUTRITION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEN COMPANY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Amount not reported
…Medical Foods & Formulas Access Act - H.R.5684) Strengthen Food Is Medicine (FIM) Framework (Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act - S.2834/H.R. 5439)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$2,380,000
Spent on own lobbying
…extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years and make other adjustments. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act, H.R.5439, S.2834. The bill would create a pilot program in Medicare for beneficiaries with diet-related diseases to receive medically tailored meals to their own home.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing