U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R, 16th, has been reaching across the aisle this legislative session to focus on health care issues.

In January, Kelly — alongside Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.; Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. — relaunched the House Cancer Caucus.

“This year, the caucus will once again work to secure funding for cancer research, promote legislation to bring new cancer treatments to the market, and provide support to the cancer-affected community,” Kelly said in a news release.

Kelly is serving as co-chairman of the caucus.

As of the end of April, Kelly had also introduced four pieces of legislation in the House so far this session with a strong focus on health care issues.

■ One — HR1614, introduced alongside Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Adrian Smith, R-Neb., — would make permanent authorization for physical therapists and occupational therapists, speech language pathologists and audiologists to provide telehealth services to those receiving supplementary medical insurance benefits under Medicare. Temporary authorization for those specialties is set to expire this September.

■ Another — HR2062, dubbed the MATCH IT Act introduced alongside Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., — would create an industrywide standard definition for the term “patient match rate” aim to decrease patient misidentification cases in which patients are matched to the wrong medical records leading to treatment errors and duplications, and causing insurance claim denials.

■ The third — which has not been assigned a bill number yet but is being dubbed the Restore Protections for Dialysis Act introduced alongside Reps. Yvette Clark, D-N.Y.; Neal Dunn, R-Fla.; Danny Davis, D-Ill.; John Joyce, R-Pa.; and Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., — is being introduced in response to a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that allowed insurance companies to force those with end-stage renal disease onto Medicare causing disruptions in dialysis treatments. The bill would expand the breadth of those protected under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act to include individuals with end-stage renal disease.

■ Lastly, HR 2085, or the Mental Health Research Accelerator Act, introduced alongside Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., — would provide tax credits to be used to offset costs incurred in the process of researching neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric conditions.