Bills About Health Sponsored by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Sen. Warren sponsored 46 bills about health in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Dec. 21, 2020	S.5082	A bill to provide Federal support for COVID-19 testing, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 1, 2020	S.4941	A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 24, 2020	S.RES.717	A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 25, 2020, as "National Ataxia Awareness Day", and raising awareness of ataxia, ataxia research, and the search for a cure.	1	All Republicans	Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (text: CR 09/24/2020 S5876)
Sept. 30, 2020	S.4769	A bill to improve the public health response to addressing maternal mortality and morbidity during the COVID-19 public health emergency.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 8, 2020	S.4533	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug. 6, 2020	S.RES.670	A resolution recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of September 2020 as "PCOS Awareness Month".	16	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5285-5286)
July 2, 2020	S.4175	A bill to secure the supply of drugs in the United States, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 2, 2020	S.4191	A bill to require a report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
July 2, 2020	S.4184	A bill to require States to meet assisted living facility reporting requirements to qualify for future COVID-19 response funds.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
June 1, 2020	S.3850	A bill to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19.	22	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 1, 2020	S.3848	A bill to create a Coronavirus Containment Corps.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 1, 2020	S.3847	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Emergency Office of Manufacturing for Public Health, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 8, 2020	S.3161	A bill to establish the "Biomedical Innovation Fund", and for other purposes.	12	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 8, 2020	S.3165	A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study to assess the unintended impacts on the health and safety of people engaged in transactional sex, in connection with the enactment of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-164) and the loss of interactive computer services that host information related to sexual exchange, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 8, 2020	S.3163	A bill to authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 8, 2020	S.3162	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Drug Manufacturing.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 18, 2019	S.RES.317	A resolution recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of September 2019 as "PCOS Awareness Month".	12	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5580-5581)
Sept. 9, 2019	S.2446	A bill to provide certain coverage of audiologist services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	8	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 21, 2019	S.1576	A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.	17	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 8, 2019	S.1365	A bill to provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by the opioid epidemic and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, and public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.	12	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 11, 2019	S.RES.162	A resolution supporting the designation of April 2019 as "National Donate Life Month".	1	All Republicans	Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 4/11/2019 S2441)
April 11, 2019	S.1213	A bill to provide health insurance reform, and for other purposes.	6	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb. 13, 2019	S.467	A bill to amend section 520E of the Public Health Service Act to require States and their designees receiving grants for development and implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to collaborate with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, tribal organization, urban Indian organization, and Native Hawaiian health care system in the State.	17	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 18, 2018	S.3775	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Drug Manufacturing.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 25, 2018	S.3500	A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct programs to address the usage of illicit drugs, particularly fentanyl, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sept. 18, 2018	S.3460	A bill to amend section 520E of the Public Health Service Act to require States and their designees receiving grants for development and implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to collaborate with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, tribal organization, urban Indian organization, and Native Hawaiian health care system in the State.	16	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 11, 2018	S.3194	A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cap prescription drug cost-sharing, and for other purposes.	20	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 20, 2018	S.3099	A bill to require the review of durations of use of approved indications of medically-important antibiotics labeled for use in animals.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 18, 2018	S.2700	A bill to provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by the opioid epidemic and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, and public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 18, 2018	S.2697	A bill to require the awareness campaign regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioids if such drugs are not taken as prescribed to include information about dispensing options.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 22, 2018	S.2608	A bill to provide that a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy communication plan may include information about Federal and State prescribing requirements for controlled substances.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 21, 2018	S.2582	A bill to provide health insurance reform, and for other purposes.	6	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 20, 2018	S.2575	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing audiology services under the Medicare program, to improve access to the audiology services available for coverage under the Medicare program and to enable beneficiaries to have their choice of a qualified audiologist to provide such services, and for other purposes.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan. 11, 2018	S.2301	A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.	14	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov. 16, 2017	S.RES.336	A resolution recognizing the seriousness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and expressing support for the designation of the month of September 2018 as "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month".	7	Bipartisan	Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8278)
Dec. 7, 2017	S.2212	A bill to establish the "Biomedical Innovation Fund", and for other purposes.	15	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov. 29, 2017	S.2172	A bill to authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research, and for other purposes.	6	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov. 9, 2017	S.RES.329	A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 2017 as "National Audiology Awareness Month".	2	Bipartisan	Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7167; text: CR S7159)
Oct. 26, 2017	S.RES.309	A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 2017 as "National Protect Your Hearing Month".	1	All Republicans	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6857)
Oct. 25, 2017	S.RES.303	A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 2017 as "National Audiology Awareness Month".	2	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6818)
March 21, 2017	S.670	A bill to provide for the regulation of over-the-counter hearing aids.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec. 1, 2016	S.9	A bill to provide for the regulation of over-the-counter hearing aids.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 5, 2016	S.2744	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to protect the privacy of individuals who are research subjects, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 7, 2016	S.2647	A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
March 3, 2016	S.2624	A bill to establish the "Biomedical Innovation Fund", and for other purposes.	9	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan. 29, 2015	S.320	A bill to authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research, and for other purposes.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S657-658)

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