Bills About Health Sponsored by John Lewis (D-Ga.)

Rep. Lewis sponsored 34 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
July 9, 2020 H.R.7544 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require reporting by the National Institutes of Health on requests for funding research that were not granted and had the greatest potential for improving public health, and for other purposes. 3
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 9, 2020 H.R.7543 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a loan repayment program for the HIV clinical and dental workforce, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 9, 2020 H.R.7546 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that minority and medically underserved communities have meaningful and immediate access to public health interventions and medically necessary health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Feb. 7, 2020 H.R.5806 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a loan repayment program for the HIV clinical and dental workforce, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 25, 2019 H.R.4040 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the temporary exception to the application of the site neutral IPPS payment rate to discharges from certain spinal cord specialty hospitals, and for other purposes. 4
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 23, 2019 H.R.3910 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve access to care for all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through models tested under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. 21
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 23, 2019 H.R.3912 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase awareness, expand preventative services, and improve care for individuals with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes. 5
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 23, 2019 H.R.3911 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. 9
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 30, 2019 H.R.909 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide parity among States in the timing of the application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for the ACA-expansion population. 6
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 26, 2018 H.R.6601 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve access to care for all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through models tested under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 9, 2017 H.R.4353 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require reporting by the National Institutes of Health on requests for funding research that were not granted and had the greatest potential for improving public health, and for other purposes. 2
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 5, 2017 H.R.1946 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require reporting by the National Institutes of Health on requests for funding research that were not granted and had the greatest potential for improving public health, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 5, 2017 H.R.335 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide parity among States in the timing of the application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for the ACA-expansion population. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 25, 2016 H.R.4627 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide parity among States in the timing of the application of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for the ACA-expansion population. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 12, 2015 H.R.943 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes. 1
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 19, 2015 H.R.1502 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 5 years payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. 11
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 31, 2014 H.R.5353 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 5 years payment parity with Medicare for primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. 6
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 14, 2014 H.R.5102 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 8, 2013 H.R.2619 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice. 35
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2013 H.R.1920 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a delay in the implementation schedule of the reductions in disproportionate share hospital payments, and for other purposes. 91
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 21, 2012 H.R.6011 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve Medicare benefits for individuals with kidney disease, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 16, 2010 H.R.6537 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and other Acts to improve Medicare and other benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb. 26, 2010 H.RES.1122 Supporting the goals and ideals of the Year of the Lung 2010. 17
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Nov. 16, 2009 H.RES.906 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to encourage continued investment to complete the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine for the United States. 2
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 19, 2009 H.R.1643 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified health centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to account for expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally qualified health centers since the inclusion of such services for coverage under the Medicare Program. 31
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 13, 2009 H.R.1094 To ensure that home health agencies can assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for Medicare beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy under a home health plan of care, based upon physician referral. 13
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 3, 2008 H.R.5704 To ensure that home health agencies can assign the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for home health services for Medicare beneficiaries requiring rehabilitation therapy under a home health plan of care, based upon physician referral. 7
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 28, 2007 H.R.2897 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified health centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to account for expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally qualified health centers since the inclusion of such services for coverage under the Medicare Program. 26
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 27, 2007 H.R.1193 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare Program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes. 164
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 18, 2007 H.R.552 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services. 220
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 7, 2003 H.R.3481 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under the Medicare Program for bone mass measurements. 0
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 21, 2001 H.R.2284 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of certain chiropractic examination procedures, and for other purposes. 18
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2001 H.R.1720 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under the Medicare Program for bone mass measurements. 14
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 31, 1997 H.RES.212 Recognizing suicide as a national problem, and for other purposes. 92
Bipartisan
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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