Bills About Health Sponsored by Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

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

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
May 2, 2019	H.R.2477	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to notify individuals approaching Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the eligibility enrollment process, and for other purposes.	18	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
April 10, 2019	H.R.2281	To direct the Attorney General to amend certain regulations so that practitioners may administer not more than 3 days' medication to a person at one time when administering narcotic drugs for the purpose of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms.	1	All Republicans	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 3, 2019	H.R.2519	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 implement innovative approaches to securing prompt access to appropriate follow-on care for individuals who experience an acute mental health episode and present for care in an emergency department, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 1, 2020	H.R.7470	To amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 10, 2020	H.R.6486	To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special enrollment period during the COVID-19 emergency period, to require the Secretary to carry out outreach and educational activities for such special enrollment period, to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage without any cost sharing for certain items and services furnished during any portion of such emergency period, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 19, 2020	H.R.6311	To require private health insurers to cover care related to COVID-19 without cost-sharing and to provide for special enrollment periods for individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 13, 2020	H.R.6283	To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster.	16	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
March 13, 2020	H.R.6282	To establish a commission to assess, evaluate, and address the dependence of the United States on medications, devices, and medical equipment from foreign countries.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
March 4, 2020	H.R.6090	To provide for a new building period with respect to the cap on full-time equivalent residents for purposes of payment for graduate medical education costs under the Medicare program for certain hospitals that have established a shortage specialty program.	3	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 8, 2019	H.R.5022	To amend the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to increase certain civil penalties applicable to violations of certain restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 20, 2019	H.R.4453	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to distribute additional information to Medicare beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 26, 2019	H.R.3502	To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XI of the Social Security Act to protect health care consumers from surprise billing practices, and for other purposes.	110	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2019	H.R.2815	To reauthorize section 340H of the Public Health Service Act to continue to encourage the expansion, maintenance, and establishment of approved graduate medical residency programs at qualified teaching health centers, and for other purposes.	66	Bipartisan	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
March 21, 2019	H.R.1839	To amend title XIX to extend protection for Medicaid recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment, establish a State Medicaid option to provide coordinated care to children with complex medical conditions through health homes, prevent the misclassification of drugs for purposes of the Medicaid drug rebate program, and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 116-16.
April 10, 2019	H.R.2282	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the physician self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-based incentive payment system and to facilitate physician practice participation in alternative payment models under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	12	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 10, 2019	H.R.2279	To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.	157	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
July 24, 2018	H.R.6479	To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to include short-term limited duration plans in the definition of individual health insurance coverage.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
April 24, 2018	H.R.5605	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an opioid use disorder treatment demonstration program.	2	All Republicans	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 10, 2018	H.R.5770	To direct the Attorney General to amend certain regulations so that practitioners may administer not more than 3 days' medication to a person at one time when administering narcotic drugs for the purpose of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 21, 2018	H.RES.906	Congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th anniversary.	2	All Republicans	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
July 14, 2017	H.R.3258	To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to improve cost sharing subsidies.	80	All Democrats	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046)
May 19, 2017	H.R.2575	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to educate individuals approaching Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the eligibility enrollment process, and for other purposes.	19	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 19, 2017	H.R.2574	To amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 17, 2017	H.RES.208	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2017, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 17, 2017	H.R.1621	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to distribute additional information to Medicare beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 13, 2016	H.R.5772	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to educate individuals approaching Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the eligibility enrollment process, and to provide for additional assistance for complaints and requests of Medicare beneficiaries that relate to their enrollment in the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 5, 2016	H.RES.805	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2016, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 13, 2016	H.R.5241	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to distribute additional information to Medicare beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 13, 2015	H.R.1006	To amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce.	12	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 11, 2014	H.R.5458	To amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov. 21, 2013	H.R.3616	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to distribute additional information to Medicare beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud, and for other purposes.	23	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 11, 2013	H.RES.381	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2013, and for other purposes.	18	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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