S. 2840 · 118th Congress

Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

Introduced on Sep 19, 2023 by Bernard Sanders (I-VT). One cosponsor. Latest action (Nov 8, 2023): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 242.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Sep 19, 2023
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to improve access to and the quality of primary health care, expand the health workforce, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Congressional oversight
  • Dental care
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employment and training programs
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Higher education
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Inflation and prices
  • Labor market
  • Medical education
  • Minority employment
  • National and community service
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Physical fitness and lifestyle
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Student aid and college costs
  • User charges and fees

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Bernard SandersI-VTSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Sep 19, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 19, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Sep 21, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
  4. Nov 8, 2023Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Nov 8, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Nov 8, 2023 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 242.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION17 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION15 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$78.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  3. National Association of Community Health Centers11 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING10 reports
    $350K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS10 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  7. American Association of Teaching Health Centers10 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  8. Hospice Action Network10 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  9. Indiana University Health, Inc.10 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH, INC.$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $610K reported (all issues)
  11. Association of American Medical Colleges8 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  12. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS7 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  13. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  14. ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH5 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)
  15. AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS5 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY5 reports
  17. AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  18. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL5 reports
  19. ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION5 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  20. ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE D/B/A ASCENSION5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  21. Alliance to Fight for Health Care5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  22. American Medical Association5 reports
    $30.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  23. Ascend Learning, LLC5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  24. Ascension Health Alliance5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  25. BayCare Health System5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  26. CHRISTUS Health System5 reports
    $550K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHRISTUS HEALTH$160.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  27. Cleveland Clinic Foundation5 reports
    Federal contractor: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. Florida Hospital Association5 reports
  29. Food Fix Campaign Action, Inc.5 reports
    $490K reported (all issues)
  30. Greater New York Hospital Association5 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  31. HCA5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  32. HIGHMARK INC.5 reports
    $830K reported (all issues)
  33. Moses Weitzman Health System, Inc.5 reports
    $65K reported (all issues)
  34. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC.5 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  35. National Association of Children's Hospitals (NACHRI)5 reports
    $490K reported (all issues)
  36. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  37. National League for Nursing5 reports
    $136.2K reported (all issues)
  38. PREMIER INC.5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  39. PatientRightsAdvocate.org Inc.5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  40. PurFoods, LLC5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.