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House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act

H.R. 1219Introduced Mar 29, 2011Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Hall R-TX
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Where it went

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.

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-4 district

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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.