Bills About Health Sponsored by Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

Rep. Jenkins sponsored 36 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Aug. 1, 2017	H.R.3635	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to improve the process whereby medicare administrative contractors issue local coverage determinations under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	81	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 20, 2017	H.R.3331	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to promote testing of incentive payments for behavioral health providers for adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology.	13	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 7, 2018	H.R.5678	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of rural emergency medical center services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	9	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 1, 2017	H.R.4520	To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 16, 2017	H.RES.627	Recognizing that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the survival and success of communities in the United States.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 6, 2017	H.RES.503	Recognizing the importance of cancer program accreditation in ensuring comprehensive, high-quality, patient-centered cancer care.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 27, 2017	H.R.3447	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide prescription drug plans under part D of the Medicare program with parts A and B Medicare claims data to promote the appropriate use of medications and improve health outcomes.	12	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 6, 2017	H.R.3166	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide under the Medicare program for independent accreditation for dialysis facilities and assurance of high quality surveys with respect to such facilities.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 12, 2017	H.R.2881	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.	11	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 30, 2017	H.R.1828	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and Federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients under the Medicare program.	41	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 1, 2017	H.R.1284	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, and for other purposes.	22	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 16, 2017	H.R.1155	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.	79	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 30, 2017	H.R.741	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent extension of the enforcement instruction on Medicare supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals.	22	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 24, 2017	H.R.662	To enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments under the Medicare program to hospitals for the costs of such programs.	27	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 16, 2015	H.R.1877	To amend section 520J of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs.	47	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 1, 2016	H.R.5613	To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.	3	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
July 14, 2016	H.R.5799	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payments for certain rural health clinic and Federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice patients under the Medicare program.	11	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 11, 2016	H.R.5721	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to improve the process whereby medicare administrative contractors issue local coverage determinations under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	15	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 7, 2016	H.R.5667	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the way beneficiaries are assigned under the Medicare shared savings program by also basing such assignment on services furnished by Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.	5	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2016	H.R.5164	To provide for a permanent extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 22, 2015	H.RES.487	Recognizing the importance of cancer program accreditation in ensuring comprehensive, high quality, patient-centered cancer care.	5	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 29, 2015	H.R.3355	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.	68	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 29, 2015	H.R.3356	To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility.	10	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 29, 2015	H.RES.398	Recognizing that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the survival and success of communities in the United States.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 24, 2015	H.R.2878	To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.	5	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 2015	H.R.2519	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing audiology services under the Medicare program, to improve access to the audiology services available for coverage under the Medicare program and to enable beneficiaries to have their choice of a qualified audiologist to provide such services, and for other purposes.	21	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 30, 2015	H.R.2138	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.	13	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 14, 2015	H.R.1784	To enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments under the Medicare program to hospitals for the costs of such programs.	46	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 2, 2015	H.R.1202	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, and for other purposes.	38	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 18, 2014	H.R.4067	To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014.	5	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 113-198.
July 31, 2014	H.R.5304	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing audiology services under the Medicare program, to improve access to the audiology services available for coverage under the Medicare program and to enable beneficiaries to have their choice of a qualified audiologist to provide such services, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 30, 2014	H.R.4781	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals.	21	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sept. 25, 2013	H.RES.356	Recognizing that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the survival and success of communities in the United States.	36	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug. 1, 2013	H.R.2938	To provide that certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act do not apply if the American Health Benefit Exchanges are not operating on October 1, 2013.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 11, 2011	H.R.1044	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals.	35	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 29, 2009	H.R.3391	To allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth.	3	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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