LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
President’s Budget: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Releases President’s Budget FY 2018 Titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness.” More Detailed Information is Found in the Appendix.
CBO/AHCA: Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Issues Updated AHCA CBO Report
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
May 23
President’s Budget: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney Holds Press Briefing on the Proposed FY 2018 Budget.
President’s Budget: Acting Director of National Drug Control Policy Richard Baum Issues Statement on President’s Budget
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
May 22
Cost Sharing Reductions (CSR) Payments: Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on HELP Patty Murray (D-WA) Releases Statement on CSR Payments.
AHCA: Senate Special Committee on Aging Minority Press Publishes Fact Sheets on AHCA’s Impact on Elders in Each State.
AHCA: House Energy and Commerce Committee Publishes Post on AHCA Media Coverage.
Hearing Aids: Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging Susan Collins (R-ME) Cosponsors “Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017”.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Ranking Democrats of the Senate Committees on Finance and HELP and House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Send Letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma Regarding Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) Payments.
May 23
House Veterans Affairs Markup: House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe, M.D (R-TN) and Ranking Member Tim Walz (D-MN) Release Statements After Vote on Seven Bills Which Include Efforts to Improve VA Health Care.
Federal Public Health Response Preparedness Hearing: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Holds Hearing Titled “ U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: Continuing Challenges.” Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Release Related Statements.
ACA: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Issues Statement on the Affordable Care Act.
FY2018 Budget: Members of Congress Comment on the President’s FY2018 Budget Release:
- Senate: Committee on Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Committee on the Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY); Committee on Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR); Committee on HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA); and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Release Statements on President Trump’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2018.
- House: Committee on Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY); Committee on the Budget Chairman Diane Black (R-TN) and Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY); Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ); Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA); and Committee on Veteran’s Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) and Ranking Member Tim Walz (D-MN) Release Statements on President Trump’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2018.
May 24
Cost Sharing Reductions (CSR) Payments: 196 House Democrats Send Letter to President Trump Asking Him to Continue CSR Payments.
FY2018 Budget: House Committee on Ways and Means Holds Hearing on Proposed Budget With Treasury Secretary Mnuchin. Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Publish Opening Statements. House Committee on the Budget Also Hold Hearing, Chairman Diane Black (R-TN) and Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) Release Statements.
Health Reform: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Publishes Senate Floor Statement Urging ACA Repeal and Replace.
Further Health Reforms Markup: House Committee on Ways and Means Holds Markup Titled “Markup of Legislation to Further Expand Health Care Options for Americans.” Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Publish Opening Statements. The Proposed Pieces of Legislation All Advance to the House Floor.
FDA Reauthorization Act: House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D (R-TX) Records Video Explaining Importance of Recently Advanced FDA Reauthorization Act.
Health Insurance Premiums: House Energy and Commerce Committee Publishes Article on Rising Premiums.
CBO/AHCA: CBO Issues Updated AHCA CBO Report
- Senate: Ranking Member of the Committee on HELP Patty Murray (D-WA) Releases Statement on Updated AHCA CBO Report.
- House: Committee on the Budget Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY); Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX); and Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Release Statements on Updated AHCA CBO Report.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
May 22
World Health Assembly: HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D. Delivers Remarks at the World Health Assembly.
Medicare: OIG Releases Report on Medicare Lump-Sum Purchase Option for All Power Mobility Devices.
May 23
WHO: HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D. Congratulates the Next Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Budget: HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D. Issues Statement on Trump’s Proposed Budget.
Health Insurance Premiums: HHS Releases Report on Health Insurance Premiums Changes Since 2013.
May 24
Updated AHCA CBO Report: HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D. Issues Statement on Updated CBO Report on the American Health Care Act.
OTHER UPDATES
May 23
Zika Virus: GAO Issues Report, Emerging Infectious Diseases: Action Needed to Address the Challenges of Responding to Zika Virus Disease Outbreaks.
May 24
Veteran Affairs: GAO Issues Testimony on VA Improper Payment Estimates and Reduction Efforts.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings/Markups
Congress on Memorial Day Recess until June 5th
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Solicitation of Public Comments on the Draft Federal Pain Research Strategy
• June 1st | 12:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
William H. Natcher Conference Center
Auditorium
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, 20892
And Webcast
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