House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Improving Medicare Services Act of 2026

H.R. 8216Introduced Apr 9, 2026Policy area: Health

Official title: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study relating to 1-800-MEDICARE.

Sponsor: Rep. Monica De La Cruz R-TX

Where it went

IntroducedApr 9, 2026
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 9, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 8216.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. De La CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 63, April 9, 2026, Page H2831):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
20 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 8216, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8216
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 19, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 24, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
215f6ba9e1f3a1d916fb359674e7ab367962e462e8d9b0da05e295a358f381e1
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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

Sent to: Energy and Commerce Committee, Ways and Means CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8216, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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

4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.

Tom Barrett (R-MI), J. Correa (D-CA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Blake Moore (R-UT).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-15 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.