House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1219.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2038):The reference to the Commerce Clause is applicable to this bill: `` This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1219, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed0cf5cd9fa9b6e5247f41a507f629be058c4ccabf0f39ad8ea8916320d79a58
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1219, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
106 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 78 Democrats
78 of 106 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Karen Bass (D-CA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and 76 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Hall.
- H.R. 4158 (112th) To confirm full ownership rights for certain United States astronauts to artifacts from the astronauts' space missions.
- H.R. 3834 (112th) Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012
- H.R. 6007 (112th) North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012
- H.R. 6633 (112th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".
- H.R. 970 (112th) Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2011
- H.Con.Res. 89 (112th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.