LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Wednesday, October 16
Veterans’ Health: Bipartisan Leadership Calls for Department of Defense to Address Increasing Suicide Rate Among Members of the National Guard
Affordable Care Act: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Demands Health and Human Services Respond to Oversight Requests of the Administration’s Attempts to Undermine the Affordable Care Act
- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal Issues Statement After Federal Judge in Texas Overturns Affordable Care Act Anti-Discrimination Rule
Thursday, October 17
Obituary: Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings Dies at Age 68
Drug Pricing: Senate Finance Committee Leaders Author Op-Ed Calling for Congress to Act Now to Lower Drug Prices
Medical Education: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Sends Letter to HHS Requesting Information on Graduate Medical Education Programs Spending
Health Care: E&C Holds Full Committee Markup of H.R. 3 and Accompanying Medicare Bills
- Education and Labor Committee Marks Up House Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan, H.R. 3
- Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing Investigating Lowering Drug Prices, Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs, and Improving Medicare Benefits
- Chairman Neal Makes Statement at Hearing
- Representative Frank Pallone Comments on Committee Passage of Lower Drug Costs Now Act and Bills to Strengthen Medicare Coverage
E-Cigarettes: Chairman Pallone Delivers Opening Remarks at Health Subcommittee Hearing on Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic
- Subcommittee Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement Following Favorable Response to Call for E-Cigarette Companies to Stop Advertising
REGULATORY UPDATE
Monday, October 14
CBO: Congressional Budget Office Issues Preliminary Score for Drug Pricing Proposal, Predicting $345 Billion in Savings with Medicare Negotiation
Health Care: New York District Court Blocks Implementation of Administration’s “Public Charge” Rule
Tuesday, October 15
NIH: Injectable Hormone, Tesamorelin, Reverses Signs of Liver Disease in People Living With HIV
HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration Awards Additional Funding for Rural Communities Opioid Response Program —Technical Assistance
Thursday, October 17
CDC: States Update Number of Cases of Lung Injury Associated With Use of E-Cigarette or Vaping Products
HHS: Food and Drug Administration Announces Final Guidance for Industry Entitled “Prescription Drug User Fee Act Waivers, Reductions, and Refunds for Drug and Biological Products”
Friday, October 18
NIH: NIH Funds New “All of Us” Research Program Genome Center to Test Advanced Sequencing Tools
FDA: FDA Alerts Consumers of Voluntary Recall of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder After Testing Finds Asbestos
UPCOMING EVENTS
Legislative Hearings
Veterans Affairs
Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities Programs
October 22, 2019 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
October 23, 2019 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
VA Central Office
810 Vermont Avenue NW Room 630
Washington, DC 20420
E&C
Sabotage: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Health Care
October 23, 2019 10:00 AM
John D. Dingell Room
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
HHS
Treating Substance Misuse in America: Scams, Shortfalls, and Solutions
October 24, 2019 10:30 AM
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Regulatory Meetings
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health holds a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health
October 23, 2019 9:00 AM
45 Center Drive, Natcher Building, Conference Room E1/E2
Bethesda, MD 20894
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality holds a meeting of the Healthcare Information Technology Research Subcommittee
October 24, 2019 8:00 AM
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD 20852
MedPAC
November 7, 2019
November 8, 2019
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
HHS
Meeting: AIDS Research
November 7, 2019 9:30 AM
NIH 5601 Fishers Lane, Conference Room 1D13
Rockville, MD 20852
NIH
Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council
November 7, 2019 8:30 AM — 4:30 PM
National Institutes of Health
5601 Fishers Lane, Room 1D13
Rockville, MD 20852
HHS
November 12, 2019 8:00 AM — 4:30 PM
FDA White Oak Campus
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503-A)
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
HHS
Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health holds a meeting of the National Library of Medicine to review research and development programs and prepare reports
November 12, 2019 10:00 AM
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38, Second Floor, Lindberg Room
Bethesda, MD 20894
HHS
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Full Committee Meeting
November 13, 2019 9:00 AM -5:30 PM
November 14, 2019 8:30 AM -3:00 PM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
HHS
Health Resources and Services Administration holds a meeting of the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment
November 13, 2019 9:30 AM
November 14, 2019 9:30 AM
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
CDC
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Meeting
November 14, 2019, 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM
November 15, 2019, 9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Communications Center
Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600
Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
CMS
December 16, 2019 9:00 AM
December 17, 2019 9:00 AM
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850