LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Tuesday, September 3
Health Care: House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee to Hold Legislative Hearing on Bills to Address Rising Maternal Mortality Rates
Wednesday, September 4
Drug Pricing: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Steve Daines Publish Op-Ed on Prescription Drug “Sticker Shock”
Thursday, September 5
Mental Health: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Calls for HHS to Adopt Recommendations to Improve Accountability of Grants Awarded Through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Veterans’ Affairs: Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester Leads Call on VA to Expand List of Medical Conditions for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
REGULATORY UPDATE
Tuesday, September 3
HHS: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Awards the Sequoia Project a Cooperative Agreement for the Trusted Exchange Framework
- HHS Issues Draft Guideline for Prevention and Control of Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients
FDA: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Warns Company for Selling Unapproved Umbilical Cord Blood and Umbilical Cord Products That May Put Patients at Risk
Wednesday, September 4
HHS: CDC Releases Overdose Data to Action Funding
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Provides $301 Million in New Overdose Data to Action Funds to States and Jurisdictions
Opioids: Trump Administration Announces $1.8 Billion in Funding to States to Continue Combating Opioid Crisis
- State Opioid Response Grants by State
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Directs $932 Million to Nation’s Communities Through the Continuation of its State Opioid Response Grant Funding
NIH: Cincinnati Children’s Scientists Develop Potential Strategy Against Leukemia Drug Resistance
Friday, September 6
HHS: Comment Request for Information on 340B Drug Pricing Program Reporting Requirements
UPCOMING EVENTS
Senate Appropriations Committee
Markup: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
September 10, 2019 11:30 AM
124 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20002
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Hearing: Improving Maternal Health: Legislation to Advance Prevention Efforts and Access to Care
September 10, 2019 10:00AM
2322 Rayburn House Office Building Room 2322, Washington, D.C. 20515
NIH
National Advisory Council on Aging
September 10-11, 2019 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
National Institutes of Health, Neuroscience Center Building (NSC), North Bethesda, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 28052
NIH
Meeting: Board of Scientific Counselors, NIDDK
October 10-11, 2019 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Solarium Conference Room 9S233, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hearing: Draft bill, to Establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Office of Women’s Health
September 11, 2019 10:00 AM
210 U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 20004
NIH
Seminar: NF-kB Mediated Autoinflammatory Diseases with Immune Dysregulation: From Bench to Bedside
September 17, 2019 12:00PM -1:00PM
10 Center Drive, Bethesda, M.D. 20892
NIH
Lecture: Recent Innovations in Kidney Research
September 18, 2019 1:30PM – 2:30PM
10 Center Drive Building 10, Bethesda, M.D. 20892
NIH
September 18, 2019 12:00PM – 1:00PM
10 Center Drive Building 10, Bethesda, M.D. 20892
NIH
Workshop: HIV-associated Comorbidities, Co-infections, and Complications Workshop
September 19, 2019 9:00AM – 5:00PM
September 20, 2019 8:45AM – 3:00PM
45 Center Drive Building 45, Bethesda, M.D. 20892
HHS
PCSFN 2019 Annual Council Meeting
September 19, 2019 1:00PM – 4:30PM
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, The Great Hall, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20201
NIH
Meeting: Center for Scientific Review
September 23, 2019 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
MEDPAC
October 3-4, 2019
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20004