1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act . 2. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program Part E of title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after section 1866G ( 42 U.S.C. 1395cc–7 ) the following new section: 1866H. Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program (a) Establishment For the 4-year period beginning not later than 30 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall conduct, in accordance with the provisions of this section, a Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Program (in this section referred to as the Program ) to test a payment and service delivery model under which selected hospitals provide medically tailored home-delivered meals under part A of this title to qualified individuals, with respect to such hospitals, to improve clinical health outcomes and reduce the rate of readmissions of such individuals. (b) Selection of hospitals To participate in Program (1) Selected hospitals Under the Program, the Secretary shall, not later than January 1, 2024, select to participate in the Program at least 20 eligible hospitals across all geographic regions, with consideration given to eligible hospitals located in rural areas and other underserved communities, that the Secretary determines have the capacity to satisfy the requirements described in subsection (c). In this section, each such eligible hospital so selected shall be referred to as a selected hospital . (2) Eligible hospitals For purposes of this section, the term eligible hospital means a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B)) that— (A) submits to the Secretary an application, at such time and in such form and manner as specified by the Secretary, that contains— (i) an attestation (in such form and manner as specified by the Secretary) that such hospital has the ability, or has in effect an arrangement with a provider of services, supplier, or other