LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
HHS Budget: House Committee on Ways and Means Holds Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2018 Budget Request. House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) Issues an Opening Statement.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
June 5
Electronic Health Records System for Veterans: House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) and Senate Committee on Veteran’s Affairs Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Issue Statements on the VA’s Plan to Adopt DoD’s Electronic Medical Records System. The House Committee Ranking Member, Tim Walz (D-MN) Also Issues a Statement.
FDA User Fee Reauthorization: House Energy and Commerce Committee Schedules A Full Committee Markup of the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017.
June 6
Health Care Reform: Senate Committee on the Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) Publishes a Press Release on the Senate Reconciliation Process with Regard to the American Health Care Act of 2017.
Health Care Reform: Senate Committee on the Budget Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Responds to the Senate Parliamentarian’s ruling on the House Health Care Bill.
Health Care Reform: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Issues a Statement on Implications of Proposed Health Care Reforms.
June 7
HHS: House Committee on Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Issues Statement on HHS Nominees.
FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Issue a Joint Statement in The Hill on The Reauthorization of the FDA’s User Fee Programs. Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) also Issues a Press Release on the Bill.
Veterans with PTSD: House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) Holds Hearing to Raise Awareness About PTSD Among Veterans’. Ranking Member Tim Walz (D-MN) Also Issues a Statement Following the Committee Meeting.
Medicare Advantage: House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) Issues Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing “Promoting Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries.” House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Sander Levin also Issues a Press Release.
June 8
Health Care Cybersecurity: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Holds Hearing on: “Examining the Role of the Department of Health and Human Services in Health Care Cybersecurity.”
Home Visiting Program: House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) Introduce Legislation to Extend Funding for the Federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. The Program Expires in September 2017.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
June 6
FDA: FDA Amends Regulations Related to Humanitarian Device Exemptions (HDEs) Enacted into Law By the 21st Century Cures Act.
June 7
ACA: CMS Issues a Request for Information, “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Healthcare Choices to Empower Patients.”
June 8
Long-Term Care: CMS Issues Proposed Rule Regarding Pre-Dispute Arbitration in the Long-Term Care Facility Context.
Cyber Security: The Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force Issues a “Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry.”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings/Markups
HOUSE
Committee on Rules
H.R. 1215- Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017
• June 13 | 3:00 p.m.
H-313 Capitol Visitors Center
The Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Health
Examining the Extension of Safety Net Health Programs
• June 14 | 10:15 a.m.
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
SENATE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
The Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Drug Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay
• June 13 | 10:00 a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Review of the FY2018 Department of Health & Human Services Budget Request
• June 15| 10:00 a.m.
138 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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