LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Announce New Legislation to Stabilize the Individual Insurance Market.
President Donald Trump Signs S.652, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017.
WHITE HOUSE UPDATE
Office of National Drug Control Policy: Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) Withdraws His Name from Consideration as National Drug Czar.
Early Hearing Detection: President Donald Trump Signs S.652, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
October 16
Affordable Care Act (ACA): Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Issues a Statement on President Trump’s Decision to End Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) Payments.
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) Releases a Statement Regarding Negotiations to Extend Funding for CHIP and Community Health Centers.
October 17
Prescription Drugs: The Senate HELP Committee Holds a Hearing Entitled The Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Drug Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay, Part II.
Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments (CSRs): Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Announce New Legislation to Stabilize the Individual Insurance Market.
CSRs: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Issues a Statement on the Bipartisan Agreement on Health Care Reform Between Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA).
October 18
Post-Acute Care: Senate Finance Chairman Committee Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Question the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about its New Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Requirements.
Accountability: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) Shares Agency Responses to Letters He Sent in February of 2017 Requesting Information on Efforts to Identify and Eliminate Administrative Waste Within Agencies.
October 19
Contraception: HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) Introduce the Protect Access to Birth Control Act.
Disability Benefits: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OR) Call for Adequate Funding for the Social Security Administration to Reduce the Disability Appeals Hearing Backlog for Social Security Disability Insurance.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
October 20
American Indian/Alaska Native Beneficiaries: CMS Announces Funding for Analysis, Research, and Studies to Address the Impact of CMS Programs on American Indian/Alaska Native Beneficiaries.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings
HOUSE
House Energy & Commerce Committee
Examining HHS’s Public Health Preparedness for and Response to the 2017 Hurricane Season
• October 24, 2017 | 10:00a.m.
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
House Energy & Commerce Committee
Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives
• October 25, 2017 | 10:00a.m.
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
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