# 116-hr-8137: Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act of 2020

116-hr-8137, Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8137
- Congress: 116
- Title: Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-08-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act of 2020 This bill requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to include, in the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, relevant strategies to capture in electronic health records an individual's use of electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, or other smoking variants in the same manner as the use of traditional tobacco products is captured in such records. Currently, the collection of information about a patient's smoking status with respect to cigarettes or other traditional tobacco products is one of the measures used to determine meaningful use of electronic health records by health care providers.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8343: Independent Advisory Committee Review of E-Cigarette Applications Act
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7806: SOS Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8137 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8137)

## Related
- [116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8782)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8343: Independent Advisory Committee Review of E-Cigarette Applications Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8343)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7816)
- [116-hr-7806: SOS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7806)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8137 (as of 2025-11-18).