House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Pages H1709-H1710):Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Medicare physician reimbursementsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2474, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2474
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 21, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
172 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 125 Democrats
47 of 172 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA) and 142 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 8641 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Walter Francis…
- H.R. 4046 (118th) CARE Act of 2023
- H.Res. 734 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".
- H.R. 5414 (118th) Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2023
- H.R. 8325 (118th) Physician and Patient Safety Act
- H.R. 9529 (118th) SAFER Nursing Homes Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.