Reps. Walden and Burgess on Continuing Resolution
This week, the
"It's way past time to fund these critical health care programs. Quickly approaching yet another funding cliff, the House is once again acting to extend the necessary funding upon which these programs and patients rely," said
Specifically, the CR will include language from or based on:
* H.R. 3926, the Community Coordination And Resource Empowerment Act (Community CARE Act), authored by Rep.
* H.R. 3935, the Bolstering Organizations and Options to Support Training in Primary Care Act (BOOST Primary Care Act), authored by #SubEnvironment Chairman
* H.R. 3394, the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Extension Act, authored by
* H.R. 3924, to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the special diabetes program for type I diabetes, authored by Rep.
* H.R. 3917, to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the special diabetes program for Indians, authored by Rep.
* H.R. 3900, the Youth Empowerment Act, providing FY2017 and FY2018 funding for Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education, authored by Rep.
* H.R. 938, the Medicaid Third Party Liability Act, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Burgess. As modified, the provision will improve Medicaid Third Party Liability rules and strengthen Medicaid's role as the payer of last resort by requiring other liable insurers to pay claims for prenatal services before Medicaid pays.
* A permanent repeal of the annual limit on per-patient therapy expenditures in Medicare (therapy caps), authored by #SubCommTech Chairman
Technical corrections to MACRA, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Burgess.
* H.R. 3263, to extend the Medicare Independence at home Medical Practice Demonstration program, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Burgess and Rep.
* H.R. 1148, the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act of 2017, authored by #SubOversight Vice Chairman
* H.R. 3163, the Medicare Part B Home Infusion Services Temporary Transitional Payment Act, authored by #SubEnergy Chairman Upton (R-MI). H.R. 3163 will create a temporary transitional payment policy, for services related to infusion drugs before a permanent payment policy, included as part of the 21st Century Cures Act is finalized.
* H.R. 3271, the Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017, authored by Rep.
* H.R. 2465, the Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017, authored by
* H.R. 3245, the Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Act, authored by Rep.
* H.R. 3120, to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Burgess and Rep.
Modifying the reductions in Medicaid DSH payments, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Burgess.
* H.R. 2557, the Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017, authored by Rep.
* H.R. 829, the Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017, authored by #SubEnergy Chairman
Background:
In November, the House passed H.R. 3922, the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act, largely without Democrat support. H.R. 3922 would have extended funding for CHIP,
H.R. 3922 was fully offset through responsible reforms like reducing federal subsidies for seniors earning more than
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