Bills About Health Sponsored by Ted Cruz (R-Tex.)

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

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Sept. 8, 2020	S.4537	A bill to provide for economic recovery, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 17, 2020	S.3993	A bill to permit a licensed health care provider to provide health care services to individuals in one or more States in which the provider is not licensed.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 19, 2020	S.3769	A bill to allow States to approve the use of diagnostic tests during a public health emergency.	3	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2020	S.3726	A bill to recruit qualified foreign nationals residing in the United States to provide healthcare during a public health emergency at healthcare facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2020	S.3722	A bill to authorize funding for a bilateral cooperative program with Israel for the development of health technologies with a focus on combating COVID-19.	40	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
March 19, 2020	S.3545	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other purposes.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 19, 2020	S.3547	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive limitations on expansion of facility capacity under rural provider and hospital exception to ownership or investment prohibition during coronavirus 2020 emergency period.	6	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 18, 2019	S.2161	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other purposes.	3	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 4, 2019	S.1030	A bill to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefit.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct. 9, 2018	S.3560	A bill to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefit.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct. 26, 2017	S.2021	A bill to repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct. 26, 2017	S.2022	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other purposes.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 17, 2017	S.1569	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jan. 12, 2017	S.106	A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.	3	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec. 10, 2015	S.2388	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other purposes.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 3, 2015	S.647	A bill to repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.	5	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb. 2, 2015	S.339	A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.	47	All Republicans	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 11.
Feb. 2, 2015	S.336	A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.	51	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 11, 2013	S.1292	A bill to prohibit the funding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.	32	All Republicans	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
Jan. 29, 2013	S.177	A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.	41	All Republicans	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.

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