Bills About Health Sponsored by Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

Sen. Coons sponsored 11 bills about health in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Oct. 26, 2020 S.4867 A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support research on, and expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and for other purposes. 15
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 23, 2019 S.RES.222 A resolution recognizing Vision To Learn as a national leader in improving access to prescription eyeglasses for students in low-income communities, thereby helping those students succeed in school, and for providing vision exams to 200,000 students since its founding. 44
Bipartisan
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3127; text: CR S3116-3117)
Feb. 28, 2019 S.618 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. 3
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sept. 25, 2018 S.RES.648 A resolution designating September 2018 as "Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month". 9
Bipartisan
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6311; text: CR S6308)
Sept. 28, 2017 S.RES.276 A resolution designating September 2017 as "Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month". 4
Bipartisan
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6234; text: CR S6231)
July 11, 2017 S.1530 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. 3
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sept. 29, 2016 S.RES.596 A resolution designating September 2016 as "Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month". 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6276)
July 14, 2016 S.RES.540 A resolution commending the officers of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service for their work in fighting Ebola. 1
All Republicans
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5193-5194; text as passed Senate: CR S5173)
Nov. 18, 2015 S.2297 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive. 2
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sept. 24, 2015 S.RES.270 A resolution designating September 2015 as "Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month". 3
Bipartisan
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6949; text as passed Senate: CR S6942)
July 12, 2011 S.1350 A bill to expand the research, prevention, and awareness activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other purposes. 14
Bipartisan
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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