HR8355-119

In Committee

Accountable Produce is Medicine Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 16, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Accountable Produce is Medicine Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Environment, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H38A6A78E21C64D3185B77BD23B5A42A1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountable Produce is Medicine Act of 2026.
  • Section HADF68CD5219A4139A221824B36B9A07C: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— diet-related chronic diseases are a leading driver of health care costs in the United States;...
  • Section H872A6C03F71E49A29EFBA91BA408057E: 3. Requiring the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model to improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases by using accountable...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Accountable Produce is Medicine Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Accountable Produce is Medicine Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Environment Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 16, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Apr 16, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 16, 2026

Mr. Smucker (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"eligible individual" §H872A6C03F71E49A29EFBA91BA408057E

an individual— who is— entitled to benefits under part A of title XVIII or enrolled under part B of such title

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