Bills About Health Sponsored by John McCain (R-Ariz.)

Sen. McCain sponsored 22 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Jan. 10, 2017	S.92	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.	10	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 9, 2017	S.64	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 9, 2016	S.2519	A bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S740-741)
Jan. 8, 2015	S.121	A bill to establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan. 8, 2015	S.122	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.	9	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 31, 2014	S.2733	A bill to establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec. 18, 2013	S.1851	A bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 9, 2005	S.RES.167	A resolution recognizing the importance of sun safety, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6341; text as passed Senate: CR S6341; text of measure as introduced: CR S6340)
Nov. 24, 2003	S.1945	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.	10	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 6, 2003	S.1002	A bill to direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5785-5786)
June 14, 2001	S.1052	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.	3	Bipartisan	Held at the desk.
May 14, 2001	S.872	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.	2	Bipartisan	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 42.
Feb. 7, 2001	S.283	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.	40	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 30, 1998	S.2382	A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow certain community-based organizations and health care providers to determine that a child is presumptively eligible for medical assistance under a State plan under that title.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov. 7, 1997	S.1415	A bill to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	The modified Committee substitute fell when the bill(as reported) was recommitted to the Committee on Commerce.
Nov. 7, 1997	S.1414	A bill to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.
April 9, 1997	S.535	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.	64	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Feb. 5, 1997	S.264	A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide an incentive for the reporting of inaccurate medicare claims for payment, and for other purposes.	0	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb. 5, 1997	S.267	A bill to provide for the imposition of administrative fees for medicare overpayment collection, and to require automated prepayment screening of medicare claims, and for other purposes.	0	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
April 25, 1996	S.1704	A bill to provide for the imposition of administrative fees for medicare overpayment collection, and to require automated prepayment screening of medicare claims, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct. 17, 1995	S.1325	A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide an incentive for the reporting of inaccurate medicare claims for payment, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan. 11, 1995	S.194	A bill to repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, and for other purposes.	15	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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