Bills About Health Sponsored by Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

Rep. Walden sponsored 31 bills about health in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Nov. 18, 2020	H.R.8780	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for additional requirements with respect to electrodiagnostic services under the Medicare program.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Dec. 9, 2019	H.R.19	To provide for certain reforms with respect to the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act, the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes.	147	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
June 3, 2019	H.R.3074	To amend the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 to extend the Medicaid demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services.	0		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 2, 2019	H.RES.280	Protecting the health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions.	1	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan. 11, 2019	H.R.525	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse.	3	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan. 18, 2019	H.R.692	To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit application of pre-existing condition exclusions and to guarantee availability of health insurance coverage in the individual and group market, contingent on the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.	83	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 7, 2018	H.R.6753	To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a public-private partnership for purposes of identifying health care waste, fraud, and abuse.	3	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 13, 2018	H.R.6	To provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes.	16	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 115-271.
Nov. 13, 2017	H.R.4374	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize additional emergency uses for medical products to reduce deaths and severity of injuries caused by agents of war, and for other purposes.	0		Became Public Law No: 115-92.
Oct. 3, 2017	H.R.3922	To extend funding for certain public health programs, and for other purposes.	0		Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 16, 2017	H.R.2430	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes.	3	Bipartisan	Became Public Law No: 115-52.
Feb. 16, 2017	H.R.1121	To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit application of pre-existing condition exclusions and to guarantee availability of health insurance coverage in the individual and group market, contingent on the enactment of legislation repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.	81	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 6, 2015	H.R.1342	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	206	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 4, 2015	H.R.745	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such services under such program, and for other purposes.	30	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 11, 2014	H.R.5460	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such services under such program.	11	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
July 15, 2014	H.R.5110	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal rebasing of payments for home health services, as required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and to replace such rebasing with a Medicare home health value-based purchasing program, and for other purposes.	40	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct. 30, 2013	H.R.3444	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program.	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
June 26, 2013	H.R.2504	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.	162	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
March 14, 2013	H.R.1205	To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance issuers and group health plans to disclose information regarding how certain taxes and fees impact the amount of premiums, and for other purposes.	7	All Republicans	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 21, 2011	H.R.2267	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.	122	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb. 8, 2011	H.R.560	To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure proportional representation of rural interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, and to provide for greater transparency in proceedings of those Commissions.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan. 23, 2009	H.R.668	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare Program and to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain veterans.	10	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
July 21, 2008	H.R.6557	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain veterans.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
March 28, 2007	H.R.1730	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure proportional representation of rural interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.	58	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sept. 6, 2006	H.R.6030	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.	85	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 6, 2006	H.R.5118	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend certain Medicare payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers.	63	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
June 17, 2005	H.R.2961	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program.	27	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
April 21, 2005	H.R.1808	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a uniform certification standard for Internet pharmacies and to prohibit Internet pharmacies from engaging in certain advertising activities, to prohibit the use of certain bank instruments for purchases associated with illegal Internet pharmacies, and for other purposes.	1	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Jan. 4, 2005	H.R.11	To extend the temporary increase in payments under the Medicare Program for home health services furnished in a rural area.	70	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
July 22, 2004	H.R.4902	To extend the temporary increase in payments under the Medicare Program for home health services furnished in a rural area.	42	Bipartisan	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2107)
June 18, 2004	H.R.4612	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a uniform certification standard for Internet pharmacies and to prohibit Internet pharmacies from engaging in certain advertising activities, to prohibit the use of certain bank instruments for purchases associated with illegal Internet pharmacies, and for other purposes.	1	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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