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Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

S. 488Introduced Feb 12, 2015Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Sen. Charles Schumer D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 12, 2015 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

27 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 17 Democrats

10 of 27 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.

Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Boozman (R-AR), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Gary Peters (D-MI), James Risch (R-ID), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress

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Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.