WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Monday, February 22
Coronavirus: Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Wednesday, February 24
Coronavirus: President Biden Extends COVID-19 National Emergency
Executive Order:
- President Biden Signs Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains
- Remarks by President Biden at the Signing of Executive Order on Supply Chains
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, February, 23
Coronavirus
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on “Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines”
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Delivers Opening Remarks
- House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) Delivers Statement at CDC Member Roundtable on COVID-19
Nominations
- Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing for Nomination of Xavier Becerra to Serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) Urges Quick Confirmation for HHS Nominee Becerra, Other Nominees
Wednesday, February 24
Public Health
- House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on “Ready or Not: U.S. Public Health Infrastructure” Hearing
- House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) Delivers Statement at “Ready or Not: U.S. Public Health Infrastructure” Hearing
Nomination: Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Xavier Becerra, of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
Thursday, February 25
Nomination: Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearings on Nominations of Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General and Dr. Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
Budget: House Budget Committee Holds Markup for American Rescue Plan Budget Reconciliation Bill
Friday, February 26
Coronavirus: House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on the Path Forward on COVID-19 Immunizations
REGULATORY UPDATE
Thursday, February 25
HHS: OCR Announces the Resolution of Three Discrimination Complaints for Patients with Disabilities
Friday, February 26
Coronavirus
- COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Holds Virtual Public Meeting
- Biden Administration Strengthens Requirements that Plans and Issuers Cover COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing Without Cost Sharing and Ensures Providers are Reimbursed for Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Uninsured
HHS: Biden Administration Secures Supply of New COVID-19 Therapeutic Treatment
EVENTS
House Energy and Commerce Committee
“The Future of Telehealth: How COVID-19 is Changing the Delivery of Virtual Care”
Tuesday, March 2, 10:30 AM