S. 1971 119th Congress Senate

Nutrition CARE Act of 2025

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: June 5, 2025 Introduced by: Margaret Wood Hassan Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov

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Jun 5, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jun 5, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
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Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS · Kansas · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS · Kansas · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC
for COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS · Kansas · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS · Kansas · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS · Kansas · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8 filings
SENATE
8 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
6 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
6 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Capito, Shelley Moore

West Virginia · Jun 5, 2025

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Jun 5, 2025

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Jun 5, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1971: Nutrition CARE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1971/

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