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H.R. 2495119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 31, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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Starting in 2026, Medicare would cover nutrition counseling with a dietitian for people diagnosed with an eating disorder.
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This bill would require Medicare to cover one-on-one nutrition counseling sessions with a registered dietitian or nutrition professional for people with eating disorders. Coverage would begin January 1, 2026, and would include at least 13 hours in the first year of treatment and at least 4 hours each year after that. A patient would need a referral from a doctor or a mental health professional such as a psychologist to receive these covered sessions.
Medicare beneficiaries affected would be people 65 and older, as well as certain younger people with disabilities, who have been diagnosed with an eating disorder. The diagnosis must match the definition in the most recent edition of the standard psychiatric diagnostic manual.
Currently, Medicare does not cover this type of nutrition counseling for eating disorders, leaving a gap in available services. This bill would fill that gap by adding eating disorders to the conditions for which Medicare pays for nutrition therapy.
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Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.