H.R. 5439 · 119th Congress

Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act

Introduced on Sep 17, 2025 by James P. McGovern (D-MA-2). 35 cosponsors, 5 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 17, 2025
Cosponsors
35
5 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  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 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.

Subjects

  • 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

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

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 · 30

Republicans · 5

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 17, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 17, 2025Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4374-4375)
  3. Sep 17, 2025Introduced in House
  4. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  5. Sep 16, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Sep 16, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Food Is Medicine Coalition4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  2. Healthcare Nutrition Council4 reports
  3. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.3 reports
    $5.9M reported (all issues)
  4. TRINITY HEALTH2 reports
    $480K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TRINITY HEALTH$226.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 95%
  5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE1 report
    $110K reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY1 report
    $680K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $6.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. American Heart Association1 report
    $400K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. HOUSTON FOOD BANK1 report
  10. Tufts University1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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.