Nutrition CARE Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders under the Medicare program.
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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.
Nutrition Counseling Aiding Recovery for Eating Disorders Act of 2025 or the Nutrition CARE Act of 2025
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders. Such services must be furnished by a registered dietitian or nutrition professional pursuant to a referral from a physician, psychologist, or other authorized mental health professional.
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- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
- MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Education, Dept of
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2495: Nutrition CARE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2495/
"H.R. 2495: Nutrition CARE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2495/.
H.R. 2495, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2495/.
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