House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program to test a payment and service delivery model under part A of Medicare to improve clinical health outcomes and reduce the rate of readmissions of certain individuals.
Sponsor: Rep. James McGovern D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2025
- Committee actionSep 16, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5439.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 152, September 17, 2025, Page H4411):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5439, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
36 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 31 Democrats
5 of 36 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Emily Randall (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Terri Sewell (D-AL) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
- H.R. 1834 (119th) To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 780 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 887 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Con.Res. 68 (119th) To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
- H.Res. 317 (119th) Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
- H.Con.Res. 64 (119th) To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.