H.R. 6780 · 118th Congress

Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act

Introduced on Dec 14, 2023 by James P. McGovern (D-MA-2). 40 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 14, 2023
Cosponsors
40
3 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program to test a payment and service delivery model under part A of Medicare to improve clinical health outcomes and reduce the rate of readmissions of certain individuals.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

James P. McGovernD-MA-2Sponsor

Democrats · 37

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Dec 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Food Is Medicine Coalition5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  2. PurFoods, LLC5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  3. ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS (FORMERLY AS AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION)4 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  4. American Academy of Family Physicians4 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAI match · 99%
  5. Food Fix Campaign Action, Inc.4 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  6. Gordon Food Service, Inc.4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GORDON FOOD SERVICE, INC$347.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Tufts University3 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE2 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  9. Families USA Foundation, Inc.1 report

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.