Bills About Health Sponsored by Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

Sen. Alexander sponsored 35 bills about health in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
July 30, 2020 S.4375 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency. 6
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4635-4636)
July 27, 2020 S.4322 A bill to help Americans safely get back to school and back to work, and for other purposes. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 20, 2020 S.4231 A bill to strengthen and sustain on-shore manufacturing capacity and State stockpiles, and to improve the Strategic National Stockpile. 2
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4267-4270)
May 7, 2020 S.3665 A bill to amend the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rural health care by ensuring fairness in Medicare hospital payments. 10
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 19, 2019 S.1895 A bill to lower health care costs. 2
Bipartisan
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
Jan. 18, 2019 S.192 A bill to provide extensions for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers that operate GME programs, and the special diabetes programs. 6
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 7, 2018 S.3029 A bill to revise and extend the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act (PREEMIE Act). 12
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 115-328.
April 16, 2018 S.2680 A bill to address the opioid crisis. 23
Bipartisan
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 398.
Feb. 15, 2018 S.2434 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs and generic new animal drugs. 0 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 341.
Feb. 8, 2018 S.2406 A bill to advance cutting-edge research initiatives of the National Institutes of Health. 5
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 7, 2017 S.RES.352 A resolution designating the week of December 3 through December 9, 2017, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". 1
All Democrats
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7935; text: CR S7932)
April 25, 2017 S.934 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76.
Dec. 10, 2016 S.RES.636 A resolution designating the week of December 4 through December 10, 2016, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". 1
All Democrats
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7121; text as passed Senate: CR S7037)
Sept. 14, 2016 S.3326 A bill to give States the authority to provide temporary access to affordable private health insurance options outside of Obamacare exchanges. 7
All Republicans
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
March 15, 2016 S.2680 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide comprehensive mental health reform, and for other purposes. 29
Bipartisan
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Jan. 20, 2015 S.192 A bill to reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 27
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 114-144.
March 17, 2016 S.2713 A bill to provide for the implementation of a Precision Medicine Initiative. 1
All Democrats
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428.
April 4, 2016 S.2742 A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act regarding the national research institutes, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 429.
March 17, 2016 S.2700 A bill to update the authorizing provisions relating to the workforces of the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.
Feb. 8, 2016 S.2511 A bill to improve Federal requirements relating to the development and use of electronic health records technology. 5
Bipartisan
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.
July 29, 2015 S.1893 A bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders. 28
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 3, 2015 S.RES.303 A resolution designating the week beginning November 8, 2015, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". 1
All Democrats
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
March 2, 2015 S.620 A bill to clarify rules relating to nondiscriminatory employer wellness programs as such programs relate to premium discounts, rebates, or modifications to otherwise applicable cost sharing under group health plans. 5
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 22, 2014 S.2383 A bill to direct the Office of the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Comptroller General of the United States to study the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on small businesses. 0 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec. 18, 2013 S.1849 A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a fixed annual open enrollment period. 4
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 7, 2013 S.252 A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity. 12
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 113-55.
Nov. 19, 2013 S.1735 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans. 15
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct. 28, 2013 S.1590 A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges. 18
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 27, 2013 S.1265 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay the implementation of round 2 of the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Program for competitive acquisition areas in Tennessee, and for other purposes. 1
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 28, 2011 S.1440 A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity. 23
Bipartisan
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Sept. 29, 2010 S.3906 A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity. 3
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 5, 2005 S.707 A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity. 42
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 109-450.
April 7, 2006 S.2601 A bill to amend the Social Security Act to improve choices available to Medicare eligible seniors by permitting them to elect (instead of regular Medicare benefits) to receive a voucher for a health savings account, for premiums for a high deductible health insurance plan, or both and by suspending Medicare late enrollment penalties between ages 65 and 70. 2
All Republicans
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov. 18, 2003 S.1881 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical corrections relating to the amendments by the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 108-214.
Oct. 14, 2003 S.1726 A bill to reduce the preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity. 18
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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