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119th Congress · House bill · Last action Jun 27, 2025
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H.R. 4231In CommitteeHealth

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025

Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike (R-PA)85 cosponsorsIntroduced Jun 27, 2025
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In plain English

This bill expands Medicare coverage of weight loss treatments in two ways: it allows intensive behavioral therapy for obesity to be provided by specialists other than primary care doctors, as well as by physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and approved counseling programs (if referred by a physician), and it adds drugs used to treat obesity or manage weight loss to the medications covered under Medicare's prescription drug benefit for overweight individuals. The bill also requires a report to Congress on the implementation of these coverage expansions. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced the bill with 85 cosponsors (65 Democrats and 20 Republicans).

What’s in the bill (4 sections)
  • Sec. 2. Findings
  • Sec. 3. Authority to expand health care providers qualified to furnish
  • Sec. 4. Medicare part d coverage of obesity medication
  • Sec. 5. Report to congress
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Note: the official CRS summary for this bill was written on 2025-06-27, but the bill text was revised on 2025-06-27T04:00:00Z. Provisions may have been added since the summary was written — the section list above reflects the current text.

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What happens next: Sits in committee. Needs a markup or favorable report to advance to the House floor.

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Jun 27
Jun 27, 2025
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.
Jun 27
Jun 27, 2025
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.
Jun 27
Jun 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Jun 27
Jun 27, 2025
Introduced in House
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All 4 recorded actions since introduction · Source: Congress.gov
Jun 27
HOUSEReferred 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.
Jun 27
HOUSEReferred 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.
Jun 27
Introduced in House
Jun 27
Introduced in House

All 85 cosponsors

65 Democrats · 20 Republicans
Democrats (65)
Swalwell, EricCA-14
Republicans (20)
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