Bills About Health Sponsored by Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

Rep. Bucshon sponsored 29 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
May 27, 2020	H.R.7025	To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to certain public health laboratories to assist such laboratories in meeting the cost of acquiring high-throughput diagnostic equipment, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
March 12, 2020	H.R.6231	To ensure affordable coverage of certain vaccines and testing services under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 public health emergency.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sept. 19, 2019	H.R.4400	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an internet website to provide educational materials for health care providers, patients, and caregivers, regarding the meaning of the terms, and the standards for review and licensing of, biological products, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug. 30, 2019	H.R.4215	To improve maternal health care quality, to improve the training of health care professionals to reduce or prevent discrimination in certain health care services, to improve perinatal care, and for other purposes.	16	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 15, 2018	H.R.5798	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require a review of current opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and screening for opioid use disorder to be included in the Welcome to Medicare initial preventive physical examination.	4	Bipartisan	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
Dec. 21, 2017	H.R.4710	To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a moratorium on the registration of certain new 340B hospitals and associated sites, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 19, 2017	H.R.2557	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.	6	Bipartisan	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.
Nov. 8, 2017	H.R.4297	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide information regarding vaccines for seniors as part of the Medicare & You handbook and to ensure that the treatment of cost sharing for vaccines under Medicare part D is consistent with the treatment of vaccines under Medicare part B, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 1, 2017	H.R.4206	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and to facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	22	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 3, 2017	H.R.3928	To ensure that patients receive accurate health care information by prohibiting misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, to require the identification of the license of health care professionals, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
June 15, 2017	H.R.2906	To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes.	21	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 27, 2017	H.R.1736	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the process for inspections of device establishments and for granting export certifications.	8	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 2, 2017	H.R.1325	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility with respect to providing premium assistance under the Medicaid program.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 27, 2017	H.R.708	To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to change the permissible age variation in health insurance premium rates.	2	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 13, 2016	H.R.6012	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve Medicare beneficiary access to ventilators, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 13, 2016	H.R.5763	To clarify the treatment of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay tests as reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness for coverage under the Medicare program.	3	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 21, 2016	H.R.5921	To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to change the permissible age variation in health insurance premium rates.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
April 29, 2016	H.R.5122	To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding testing of Medicare part B prescription drug models.	22	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 18, 2016	H.R.4981	To amend the Controlled Substances Act to improve access to opioid use disorder treatment.	2	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 15, 2016	H.R.4959	To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of surgical health professional shortage areas.	27	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 8, 2015	H.R.3716	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain information with respect to provider terminations, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 14, 2015	H.R.3053	To ensure appropriate coverage of ventricular assist devices under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 24, 2015	H.R.2872	To amend the Controlled Substances Act to modernize the treatment of opioid addiction, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 15, 2015	H.R.2366	To provide for improvement of field emergency medical services, and for other purposes.	18	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 13, 2015	H.R.1741	To ensure that patients receive accurate health care information by prohibiting misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of health care professionals, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Oct. 23, 2013	H.R.3320	To ensure appropriate coverage of ventricular assist devices under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.	9	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 9, 2013	H.R.1427	To ensure that patients receive accurate health care information by prohibiting misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of health care professionals.	23	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Feb. 25, 2013	H.R.809	To provide for improvement of field emergency medical services, and for other purposes.	35	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 14, 2011	H.R.3218	To amend section 1343 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure the privacy of individually identifiable health information in connection with risk adjustment.	21	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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