Bills About Health Sponsored by Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)

Rep. Lance sponsored 32 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
Nov. 16, 2018 H.RES.1154 Affirming the importance of the Orphan Drug Act, applauding its lifesaving contributions over its 35-year history, and recognizing the need to continue supporting research and development for rare diseases. 3
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
March 20, 2018 H.R.5353 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand a program of surveillance and education, carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regarding infections associated with injection drug use. 14
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 15, 2018 H.R.5810 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the enhanced FMAP for certain Medicaid health homes for individuals with substance use disorders. 4
Bipartisan
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 562.
Oct. 3, 2017 H.R.3931 To increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services. 33
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 3, 2017 H.R.3932 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for increased Puerto Rico Medicaid payments, and for other purposes. 2
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 4, 2017 H.R.2376 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to protect and strengthen the drug supply chain in the United States by closing several statutory gaps in the penalty provisions of such Act that apply to drug diversion and counterfeiting. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 28, 2017 H.R.2244 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot project under which no more than 3 sponsors agree to evaluate the psychological and social distress experienced by patients participating in a clinical trial, conducted by the respective sponsor, of a drug or biological product that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and for other purposes. 3
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2017 H.R.2334 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from sequestration certain user fees of the Food and Drug Administration. 8
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
March 7, 2017 H.R.1409 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider. 175
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 8, 2016 H.R.6514 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to redirect user fees assessed of health insurance issuers on Federal Exchanges, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 11, 2016 H.R.5717 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve collection of Medicaid data and to expand coverage of tobacco cessation services to mothers of newborns. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb. 12, 2016 H.R.4567 To increase the number of States that may conduct Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services. 16
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 25, 2015 H.R.3618 To clarify the exclusion of orphan drug sales from the calculation of the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers, and for other purposes. 7
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 11, 2015 H.R.2739 To amend the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider. 123
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 2015 H.R.2540 To amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options. 40
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 25, 2015 H.R.1078 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from sequestration certain user fees of the Food and Drug Administration. 27
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Feb. 4, 2015 H.R.724 To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to impose restrictions on the risk corridor program, and for other purposes. 2
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 23, 2014 H.R.5175 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the risk corridor program, and for other purposes. 1
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 4, 2014 H.R.4406 To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to impose restrictions on the risk corridor program. 2
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 10, 2014 H.R.3851 To repeal sections 1341 and 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes. 8
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 17, 2013 H.R.3116 To promote the development of meaningful treatments for patients. 95
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Sept. 12, 2013 H.R.3091 To promote the development of meaningful treatments for patients. 16
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
July 18, 2013 H.R.2725 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from sequestration certain user fees of the Food and Drug Administration. 87
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
May 15, 2013 H.R.1984 To amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options. 22
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 8, 2012 H.R.5937 To amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options. 18
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 18, 2011 H.R.3497 To promote the development of meaningful treatments for patients. 48
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Dec. 2, 2011 H.R.3558 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 2
All Republicans
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
July 20, 2011 H.R.2600 To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 146
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 16, 2011 H.R.2227 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of medical gases, taking into account the special characteristics of medical gases, the special techniques and processes required to produce medical gases, and the established history of safe and effective use of medical gases. 10
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 8, 2011 H.RES.152 Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. 5
Bipartisan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 9, 2010 H.R.4794 To prohibit the use of any recommendation of the Preventive Services Task Force (or any successor task force) to deny or restrict coverage of an item or service under a Federal health care program, a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer, and for other purposes. 8
All Republicans
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
March 2, 2010 H.CON.RES.245 Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. 7
Bipartisan
Referred to House Ways and Means
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