Bipartisan Budget Agreement Includes Two Brooks Bills Ensuring People with Diabetes Have Access to Essential Treatments and Supplies
"I am proud to support a bipartisan agreement that provides the brave and selfless men and women in our armed forces the resources they need in order to safely protect the homeland at home and abroad," said Congresswoman
"Today's landmark budget agreement delivers certainty for the future," continued Brooks. "With this bill, we are supporting our troops, working to rebuild our communities that have been devastated by natural disasters, providing two years of essential funding for our community health centers and dedicating
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes a bill Brooks led to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program, a program that facilitates research to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. The budget agreement also includes Brooks' bipartisan bill that would strengthen protections for Medicare beneficiaries who buy blood glucose testing supplies through the National Mail Order Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Brooks is a vice-chair of the
"It is critically important that Americans across the country who live with diabetes have access to proper treatments and better access to supplies that meet their needs and work best for their conditions," concluded Brooks. "The Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act and reauthorization of the Special Diabetes Program ensures that we are improving access to test strips for Medicare beneficiaries who live with the daily challenges associated with diabetes and investing the appropriate resources that will hopefully lead to the discovery of a cure for the millions of Americans living with Type 1 diabetes."
To learn more about the Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act, go to: https://susanwbrooks.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/bipartisan-bill-protects-diabetic-medicare-beneficiaries-access-to.
To learn more about the Special Diabetes Program, go to: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3924?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr3924%22%5D%7D&r=1.
BACKGROUND
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which passed the
Our agreement fully supports our troops by providing the armed forces with funds to ensure they have the equipment, tools and training necessary in order to keep our country safe. The bill increases defense funding by
Furthermore, this legislation provides for a two-year budget agreement which ensures
Our agreement increases funding for a number of critically important non-defense discretionary priorities including:
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* Extends authorization of the
* Suspends the debt limit until March of 2019;
* Establishes two committees: 1) the
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To read a joint statement from
Read this original document at: https://susanwbrooks.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/brooks-supports-passage-of-bipartisan-budget-agreement
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