House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 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. 4946.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4033):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: healthcareSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 84 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4946, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 20, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6689692286f159bf37c29276eaf7bd2b6c90f29649398a02ddf0594dfa53a6aa
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 20, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.
- H.R. 619 (118th) NAPA Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 4893 (118th) Scientific Integrity Act
- H.R. 2400 (118th) Reentry Act of 2023
- H.R. 3073 (118th) Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023
- H.R. 2982 (118th) New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
- H.R. 7936 (118th) Cultural Resource Challenge Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.