---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 20, 1996 (P.L.1492, No.191), known as the Medical Foods Insurance Coverage Act, further providing for declaration of policy."
description: "An Act amending the act of December 20, 1996 (P.L.1492, No.191), known as the Medical Foods Insurance Coverage Act, further providing for declaration of policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 211 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry Warren"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab01a577-de5d-4f97-994c-ee50070f5fe9"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=22&rollcallid=16&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "782cfa9652906bd931e87ea89f7b42fce7a44fe919ae57287bafaff9c0e565e6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 211 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1996 (P.L.1492, No.191), known as the Medical Foods Insurance Coverage Act, further providing for declaration of policy.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. PN0148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0211/PN0148)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Insurance): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Banking & Insurance): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perry Warren — primary (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Vitali — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Olsommer — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Pickett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Banking & Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 8 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab01a577-de5d-4f97-994c-ee50070f5fe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).