Bills About Health Sponsored by Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

Sen. Schatz sponsored 21 bills about health in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Dec. 16, 2020	S.5027	A bill to authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to eligible State, Tribal, and territorial public health agencies to develop and administer a program for digital contact tracing for COVID-19, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 30, 2020	S.4391	A bill to authorize a public service announcement campaign on the efficacy of cloth face coverings in reducing the spread of COVID-19, to authorize a program to provide cloth face coverings to any individual in the United States who requests one free of charge, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 1, 2020	S.4137	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make adjustments to payment rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program to account for certain unique circumstances.	3	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 1, 2020	S.3846	A bill to observe the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	18	Bipartisan	Held at the desk.
May 21, 2020	S.3817	A bill to observe the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	18	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 12, 2020	S.3699	A bill to establish the America Forward Commission to create a strategy to re-open the economy, and for other purposes.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov. 14, 2019	S.2859	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct. 30, 2019	S.2741	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.	46	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2019	S.1618	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the capacity to improve health outcomes and increase access to specialized care.	10	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 30, 2019	S.1258	A bill to prohibit the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21.	18	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb. 14, 2019	S.489	A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan.	22	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 22, 2018	S.2606	A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for training health professionals to treat opioid addiction and other substance use disorders through using technology-enabled models, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 21, 2017	S.2260	A bill to establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.	6	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov. 8, 2017	S.2100	A bill to prohibit the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21.	11	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Oct. 24, 2017	S.2001	A bill to establish a State public option through Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan.	20	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 3, 2017	S.1016	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.	27	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 15, 2016	S.2678	A bill to direct the NIH to intensify and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research with respect to the understanding of pain, the discovery and development of therapies for chronic pain, and the development of alternatives to opioids for effective pain treatments.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb. 2, 2016	S.2484	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to promote cost savings and quality care under the Medicare program through the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, and for other purposes.	18	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sept. 29, 2015	S.2100	A bill to prohibit the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21.	11	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 20, 2013	S.989	A bill to eliminate the prerequisite of direct appropropriations relating to collection of health data and to modify standards for measuring sexual orientation and gender identity.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 15, 2013	S.726	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health care practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care, including both physical and mental care, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2653-2654)

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