Bills About Health Sponsored by Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)

Rep. Sánchez sponsored 24 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Aug. 4, 2020	H.R.7942	To provide the option to extend COBRA continuation coverage through the last day of the 1-year period succeeding the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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.
May 13, 2020	H.R.6855	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure communications accessibility for residents of skilled nursing facilities during the COVID-19 emergency period.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec. 5, 2019	H.R.5326	To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities from using pre-dispute arbitration agreements with respect to residents of those facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.	6	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 25, 2019	H.R.4063	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certified adult day services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	5	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 25, 2019	H.R.3461	To establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.	17	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 10, 2019	H.R.2283	To provide better care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their caregivers while accelerating progress toward prevention strategies, disease modifying treatments, and, ultimately, a cure.	47	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 8, 2018	H.R.5711	To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to allow National Health Service Corps members to provide obligated service as behavioral and mental health professionals at schools, other community-based settings, or patient homes, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 7, 2018	H.R.4957	To provide better care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their caregivers while accelerating progress toward prevention strategies, disease modifying treatments, and, ultimately, a cure.	24	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 11, 2017	H.R.4006	To establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.	34	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 28, 2017	H.R.3098	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certified adult day services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	8	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 7, 2016	H.R.5681	To require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test the efficacy of providing Alzheimer's Disease caregiver support services in delaying or reducing the use of institutionalized care for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's Disease or a related dementia.	3	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec. 10, 2015	H.R.4212	To establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.	35	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 9, 2015	H.R.2704	To establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries, and for other purposes.	6	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 16, 2015	H.R.1383	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certified adult day services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	15	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 23, 2013	H.R.3334	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certified adult day services under the Medicare program.	35	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 20, 2012	H.R.6476	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of certified adult day services under the Medicare program.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 28, 2010	H.R.5902	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act with regard to certain exemptions under that Act for direct care workers and to improve the systems for the collection and reporting of data relating to the direct care workforce, and for other purposes.	35	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
July 30, 2009	H.R.3430	To establish a Medicare DSH pilot program under which participants shall establish collaborative care networks to reduce the use of emergency departments, inpatient and other expensive resources of hospitals and other providers and provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals, including those without health insurance coverage, and to establish a Collaborative Care Network Center.	10	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 25, 2009	H.R.3043	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of substitute adult day care services under the Medicare Program.	97	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 19, 2009	H.R.2987	To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes.	32	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 2009	H.R.2635	To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit gender rating in the group and individual markets for health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.	14	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 5, 2008	H.R.6203	To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes.	41	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan. 4, 2005	H.R.192	To authorize increased funding for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes.	30	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 8, 2004	H.R.5339	To authorize increased funding for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes.	14	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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