Bills About Health Sponsored by Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

Rep. Black sponsored 49 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
May 9, 2018	H.R.5714	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage plans offered under part C of the Medicare program and prescription drug plans offered under part D of such program to provide information relating to the safe disposal of prescription drugs that are controlled substances to certain individuals enrolled under such plans.	3	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2018	H.R.5719	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise certain measures used under the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey relating to pain management.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 11, 2017	H.R.3727	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include additional telehealth services for purposes of MA organization bids, and for other purposes.	6	Bipartisan	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 355.
Oct. 3, 2017	H.R.3919	To streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for the premium assistance tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy.	15	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 20, 2017	H.R.1628	To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017.	0		Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 120.
July 11, 2017	H.R.3181	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 6, 2017	H.R.3164	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to home dialysis therapy.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 19, 2017	H.R.2556	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.	49	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 6, 2017	H.R.1995	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for national testing of a model of Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage enrollees.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 30, 2017	H.J.RES.43	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.	147	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 115-23.
Feb. 16, 2017	H.R.1130	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals.	26	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 3, 2017	H.R.853	To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, an abortion.	4	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 3, 2017	H.R.217	To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.	14	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 6, 2017	H.R.354	To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.	147	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 24, 2017	H.R.644	To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against providers of health services that are not involved in abortion.	140	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sept. 21, 2016	H.R.6101	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) program, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 13, 2016	H.RES.730	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the important role of the health care industry in identifying victims of sex trafficking.	15	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 2, 2016	H.R.4428	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals.	41	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 3, 2016	H.R.4442	To amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to promote cost savings and quality care under the Medicare program through the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, and for other purposes.	32	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 2, 2015	H.R.4155	To require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test the effect of including telehealth services in Medicare health care delivery reform models.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 18, 2015	H.R.4059	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive.	8	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 21, 2015	H.R.3134	To provide for a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.	179	Bipartisan	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 235.
July 23, 2015	H.R.3197	To prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, an abortion.	76	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 22, 2015	H.R.2570	To establish a demonstration program requiring the utilization of Value-Based Insurance Design to demonstrate that reducing the copayments or coinsurance charged to Medicare beneficiaries for selected high-value prescription medications and clinical services can increase their utilization and ultimately improve clinical outcomes and lower health care expenditures.	3	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 29, 2015	H.R.2579	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the risk adjustment under the Medicare Advantage program, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 116.
June 10, 2015	H.R.2711	To delay the provision of the Affordable Care Act premium and cost-sharing subsidies until the eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, and for other purposes.	17	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 10, 2015	H.R.2712	To streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for the health care premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy, and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 2015	H.R.2502	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for bundled payments for certain episodes of care surrounding a hospitalization.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 12, 2015	H.R.2247	To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for transparent testing to assess the transition under the Medicare fee-for-service claims processing system from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 standard, and for other purposes.	12	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 11, 2015	H.R.887	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes.	16	Bipartisan	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I.
Feb. 12, 2015	H.R.940	To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities, and for other purposes.	160	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 27, 2015	H.R.555	To require an Exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to notify individuals in the case that personal information of such individuals is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of the security of any system maintained by the Exchange, and for other purposes.	34	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 8, 2015	H.R.217	To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.	168	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 18, 2014	H.R.5556	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 18, 2014	H.R.5557	To reform the verification and reporting processes for the health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies.	1	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 18, 2014	H.R.5558	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) program, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 23, 2014	H.R.5183	To establish a demonstration program requiring the utilization of Value-Based Insurance Design to demonstrate that reducing the copayments or coinsurance charged to Medicare beneficiaries for selected high-value prescription medications and clinical services can increase their utilization and ultimately improve clinical outcomes and lower health care expenditures.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 5, 2014	H.R.4805	To delay the provision of the Affordable Care Act premium and cost-sharing subsidies until the eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, and for other purposes.	24	All Republicans	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5251)
May 15, 2014	H.R.4663	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit certain nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives to provide certain certifications with respect to inpatient hospital services under the Medicare program.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec. 19, 2013	H.R.3796	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for bundled payments for certain episodes of care surrounding a hospitalization, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 12, 2013	H.R.3731	To require an Exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to notify individuals in the case that personal information of such individuals is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of the security of any system maintained by the Exchange.	10	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 19, 2013	H.R.2753	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve Medicare Advantage, and for other purposes.	3	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2013	H.R.2022	To prohibit the implementation or enforcement of any requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until certifications are made that taxpayer information is not and will not be used for targeting any individual or group that provides information to the Internal Revenue Service for political reasons or on the basis of political views, and for other purposes.	39	All Republicans	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3102)
May 22, 2013	H.R.2087	To prohibit Federal funds for the establishment or operation of patient navigator programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.	4	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 21, 2013	H.R.1331	To amend certain requirements and penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care.	37	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 4, 2013	H.R.940	To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities, and for other purposes.	195	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 4, 2013	H.R.217	To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.	184	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 16, 2012	H.R.6598	To amend certain requirements and penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care.	5	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug. 2, 2012	H.R.6299	To repeal the Federally subsidized loan program for non-profit health insurance, to provide for association health plans, and for other purposes.	15	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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