Bills About Health Sponsored by Judy Chu (D-Calif.)

Rep. Chu sponsored 22 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Sept. 11, 2020	H.R.8206	To clarify the eligibility for participation of peer support specialists in the furnishing of behavioral health integration services under the Medicare program.	2	All Republicans	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan. 30, 2019	H.R.884	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.	62	Bipartisan	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
April 3, 2020	H.R.6437	To ensure that all communities have access to urgently needed COVID-19 testing, treatment, public health information, and relief benefits regardless of immigration status or limited English proficiency, and for other purposes.	72	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
July 11, 2019	H.R.3711	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders under the Medicare program.	58	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 24, 2019	H.R.3430	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection under the Medicare program.	1	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 19, 2019	H.R.3338	To remove barriers to health professions by providing resources to access foundational educational training, such as English as a foreign language and adult basic education, and to require the provision of child care, in demonstration projects funded under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 28, 2019	H.R.3031	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection under the Medicare program.	2	Bipartisan	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 23, 2019	H.R.2975	To protect a woman's ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide reproductive health care services, including abortion services.	218	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 3, 2019	H.R.2064	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 17, 2019	H.R.2826	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategies to reduce stigma associated with mental health among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 26, 2019	H.R.1370	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy.	42	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 19, 2017	H.R.4684	To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to publish and disseminate best practices for operating a recovery housing, and for other purposes.	18	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 8, 2017	H.R.2839	To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure access to qualified acupuncturist services for military members and military dependents, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure access to acupuncturist services through the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under the Medicare program; to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the appointment of qualified acupuncturists as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.	5	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 25, 2017	H.R.2677	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategies to reduce stigma associated with mental health among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 2, 2017	H.R.1322	To protect a woman's right and ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.	169	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 13, 2016	H.R.5234	To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategies to reduce stigma associated with mental health among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 28, 2015	H.R.3849	To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure access to qualified acupuncturist services for military members and military dependents, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure access to acupuncturist services through the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under the Medicare program; to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the appointment of qualified acupuncturists as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.	12	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan. 21, 2015	H.R.448	To protect a woman's right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.	146	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 13, 2013	H.R.3471	To protect a woman's right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.	132	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 24, 2010	H.RES.1476	Supporting and recognizing the achievements of the family planning services programs operating under title X of the Public Health Service Act.	108	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan. 12, 2010	H.RES.1003	Expressing support for the designation of January 10, 2010, through January 16, 2010, as National Influenza Vaccination Week.	105	Bipartisan	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov. 19, 2009	H.RES.932	Expressing the sense of the Congress that all State public health departments, local public health departments, hospitals, doctor offices, and other health care providers should adhere to guidelines issued from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with regard to the H1N1 influenza virus.	12	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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