Week in Brief
FY 2019 Budget: President Trump Releases FY 2019 Proposed Budget.
Budget Bill: On Friday, February 9, President Donald Trump Signs Comprehensive Two-Year Budget Agreement, Short Term Spending Bill, Into Law.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
February 6, 2018
Opioid Crisis: The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Holds a Hearing Titled, “Removing Barriers to Prevent and Treat Opioid Abuse and Dependence in Medicare.” Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) Issues an Opening Statement.
February 8, 2018
Opioid Crisis: The Senate HELP Committee Holds a Hearing Entitled, “The Opioid Crisis: Impact on Children and Families.” Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Issue Opening Statements.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
February 7, 2018
Guidance for Pregnant mothers with Opioid Use Disorder: SAMHSA Releases the Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants.
Government Accountability Office
February 5, 2018
Medicaid Assisted Living Services: GAO Releases a Report Titled, Medicaid Assisted Living Services: Improved Federal Oversight of Beneficiary Health and Welfare is Needed.
February 8, 2018
Mental Illness & Medicare: GAO Publishes Reports:
UPCOMING EVENTS
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation
• February 14, 2018|10:00a.m.
2322 RHOB
House Ways and Means Committee
Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request
• February 14, 2018|10:00a.m.
1100 LHOB
Senate Committee on Finance
The President’s Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
• February 15, 2018|9:00a.m.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services
• February 15, 2018|12:30p.m.
2123 RHOB
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