Nutrition CARE Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Maggie Hassan
Introduced
Summary
Expands Medicare to cover medical nutrition therapy for people with eating disorders. It would add eating disorders to the list of conditions that qualify for medical nutrition therapy and set who can provide and refer these services.
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- Medicare beneficiaries: People with an eating disorder would gain Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy starting January 1, 2026. The bill ties the definition of an eating disorder to the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
- Providers: Services must be furnished by a registered dietitian or nutrition professional and must follow a referral from a physician, psychologist, or other authorized mental health professional as allowed by State law.
- Service minimums and limits: The bill specifies at least 13 hours of MNT in the first 1-year period, including a 1-hour initial assessment and 12 hours of reassessment and intervention, and at least 4 hours each subsequent year. The Secretary may impose other reasonable limitations on furnishing and payment.
- Administrative update: It reorganizes Medicare beneficiary category language to include eating disorders alongside existing diabetes-related MNT provisions.
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More Medicare nutrition help for eating disorders
If enacted, Medicare would cover medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for beneficiaries with an eating disorder starting January 1, 2026. The Secretary would define "eating disorder" using the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. MNT must be provided by a registered dietitian or qualified nutrition professional. You would need a referral from a physician or from a psychologist or other mental health professional if state law allows. In the first year you start MNT you would be able to get at least 13 hours (a 1-hour initial assessment plus 12 hours of reassessment and intervention). In later years you would be able to get at least 4 hours per year, though the Secretary could set other reasonable limits.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Maggie Hassan
NH • D
Cosponsors
Lisa Murkowski
AK • R
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Roll Call Votes
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