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HR 2181 113th Congress House Health Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nutrition and diet

Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2013

Introduced: May 23, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 24, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 23, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 23, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2013 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, for a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility without a full-time qualified dietitian, to require its director of food services to be: (1) a Certified Dietary Manager meeting the requirements of the Certifying Board for Dietary Managers; (2) a Dietetic Technician, Registered meeting with the requirements published by the Commission on Dietetic Registration; or (3) an individual with equivalent military or academic qualifications.

What's happening now June 19, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 473 Related bill Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 15, 2014
Jenkins, Lynn
· Oct 23, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2181: Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2181/
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"H.R. 2181: Safe Food for Seniors Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2181/.
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H.R. 2181, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2181/.
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