Bills About Health Sponsored by Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.)

Rep. Kennedy sponsored 23 bills about health in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Dec. 31, 2020 H.R.9058 To require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to enter into a contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study addiction to and dependence on social media applications, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 9, 2020 H.R.7539 To strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits. 6
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575.
Dec. 10, 2020 H.R.8942 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to schools and school-based health centers to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in such schools and health centers, and for other purposes. 1
All Republicans
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec. 4, 2020 H.R.8875 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish a special enrollment period for eligible individuals who are enrolled in non-compliant health plans, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
July 24, 2020 H.R.7780 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants to facilitate the funding of community-based mental health and substance use disorder services and peer support programs, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 22, 2020 H.R.7723 To establish the position of Interagency Coordinator for Behavioral Health to coordinate the programs and activities of the Federal Government relating to mental health, and for other purposes. 6
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 21, 2020 H.RES.1057 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to effectively address the high prevalence of those suffering from mental health conditions and substance use disorders, the United States needs to make historic financial investments into mental health and substance use disorder care and finally acknowledge such care as a priority in health care equal to physical health, and for other purposes. 11
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 20, 2020 H.R.7686 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide full compensation to any essential COVID-19 frontline worker who was seriously injured or died as a result of having COVID-19, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 21, 2019 H.R.2874 To strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits. 26
All Democrats
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
April 17, 2020 H.R.6538 To provide for a temporary increase in Federal financial participation under the Medicaid program for telehealth services, and for other purposes. 2
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
March 9, 2020 H.R.6143 To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve maternal mental and behavioral health outcomes with a particular focus on outcomes for minority women, and for other purposes. 11
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb. 13, 2020 H.R.5900 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment under the Medicaid program of certain providers across State lines, and for other purposes. 6
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
June 13, 2019 H.R.3276 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to exclude authorized generic drugs from calculation of the average manufacturer price for purposes of the Medicaid drug rebate program, and for other purposes. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 27, 2019 H.R.1920 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for mental and behavioral health services, and for other purposes. 6
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 26, 2019 H.R.1879 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. 5
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 25, 2018 H.R.6524 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment of certain Medicaid providers and suppliers across State lines, and for other purposes. 4
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 12, 2017 H.R.3192 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure access to mental health services for children under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. 22
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan. 11, 2018 H.R.4778 To strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits. 9
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
March 21, 2017 H.R.1652 To provide for the regulation of over-the-counter hearing aids. 14
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 5, 2017 H.R.324 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for mental and behavioral health services, and for other purposes. 6
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 8, 2016 H.R.5411 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide under the State plan under the Medicaid program early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to individuals under age 21 who are receiving services in institutions for mental diseases. 5
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 26, 2016 H.R.5362 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for mental and behavioral health services, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec. 16, 2015 H.R.4276 To strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits. 11
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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