House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index.
Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6160.
- 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. 171, No. 195, November 19, 2025, Page H4818):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and made all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6160, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 16, 2026). 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
18 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats
7 of 18 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
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- H.R. 3521 (119th) Clinical Trial Modernization Act
- H.R. 9877 (119th) Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- H.Res. 607 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of August 25 through August 29, 2025, as the third annual "National Community Health Worker…
- H.R. 5756 (119th) HEATS Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.