Yesterday afternoon, the Senate released the text of an $118 billion border security and foreign aid supplemental bill that would, among other things, tighten the standard for migrants to receive asylum and allow the border to automatically shut down if migrant crossings hit specific daily numbers. The bill provides $60 billion for war efforts in Ukraine, $14 billion in security... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 29, 2024
The House returns today after being on recess last week, and the Senate is scheduled to come back into session tomorrow. This week the House could bring up the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, a bipartisan bill to expand the Child Tax Credit and provide an assortment of business tax benefits. The Senate will be... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 22, 2024
The House is in recess this week after both bodies passed another laddered continuing resolution (CR) keeping the government in operation until March 1 for the for the Agriculture, Energy and Water, MilCon-VA and Transportation-HUD spending bills and March 8 for the remaining federal agencies. The House passed the measure on a bipartisan vote of 314-108 with roughly half of... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 16, 2024
The House and Senate are both in session this week as the first of the two “laddered” Continuing Resolutions (CR) is set to expire on Friday, along with the health care extenders that are keeping programs such as the Community Health Centers, the Teaching Health Center GME program, the National Health Service Corps, and the Special Diabetes Program in operation,... Read More
Impact Health - Key Provisions of Legislative Proposals on Health Care Price Transparency Requirements for Providers, Plans, and Issuers
A potential health package that could be advanced with the fiscal year 2024 spending bill due January 19 may include legislative proposals to improve price transparency. In this memo, we present a comparison of legislative proposals that would codify and improve the 2019 Hospital Price Transparency rule (84 FR 65524) and the 2020 Transparency in Coverage rule (85 FR 72158):... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 8, 2023
Happy New Year! Welcome back to what will be a frantic couple of weeks on Capitol Hill. The Senate comes back into session today and the House will return tomorrow. Over the weekend House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reached a deal (Republican statement/Democratic statement and outline) on top line spending which includes $772.7... Read More
Impact Health - Regulatory Outlook: Fall 2023 Unified Agenda
The Biden Administration recently released its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda, which outlines regulatory plans for federal agencies over the coming year. The Unified Agenda reflects the Biden Administration’s continued priority on policies addressing health. In our regulatory outlook, we highlight rulemaking on coverage and payment, public health and safety, and cross-cutting topics, including mental and behavioral health, drug pricing, and... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 18, 2023
The House left town last week for holiday recess without any further action on the President’s emergency foreign aid supplemental request. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has kept the Senate in town this week filling the floor schedule with nominations in hopes that a deal can be reached to provide additional funds to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and our own... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 11, 2023
This week Congress is in a mad dash to finish legislative priorities before recessing for three weeks of winter break. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address an all-Senators meeting on Tuesday, as well as meet with House leaders, to try and inject some life into the stalling negotiations on the President’s emergency foreign aid supplemental request that would provide additional... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 4, 2023
Both the House and Senate are in session this week, for a busy two week stretch before recessing for the winter holidays. This week the House is set to take up a series of bills including the TRANQ Research Act, which would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to coordinate science and research activities regarding illegal drugs containing... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 17, 2023
Congress returns this week after a week and a half off for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Senate returns on Monday evening and the House comes into session on Tuesday afternoon. Prior to leaving town for the holiday Congress passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government in operation until January 19 (for the Agriculture, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs,... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 13, 2023
With a short 5 days to go before the government runs out of funding, this week Congress will be working to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) to avoid a shutdown. True to form for this Congress, however, it won’t be easy. On Saturday House Republicans released their proposed text for a second CR, which is a laddered concept, meaning the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 6, 2023
With two weeks left before the end of the current Continuing Resolution (CR), the House will continue to bring up individual fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills. This week the plan is to bring up the Transportation-HUD bill, as well as the Financial Services bill. Last week the Transportation-HUD bill was delayed due to disagreement over funding for Amtrack, and... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 30, 2023
We have a new Speaker of the House! Last Wednesday the House Republican Caucus elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be the new Speaker of the House. After weeks of drama and several failed attempts by other members, Rep. Johnson was elected Speaker with every single Republican voting in his favor. Speaker Johnson was elected to Congress in 2017, after... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 23, 2023
We are now in week three without a functioning House of Representatives. Last week was another drama filled week as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) lost three floor votes in his bid to become Speaker. Following the third failed vote on Friday, Rep. Jordan lost an internal conference vote that was intended to show confidence in him remaining as his party’s... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 16, 2023
It has been two weeks since Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker and we are no closer to having a functioning House of Representatives. Last week shortly after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) barely beat Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) by 14 votes in an internal GOP vote for Speaker, he dropped out of the race claiming he couldn’t win... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 10, 2023
Priority for this week in Congress is for the House Republicans to elect a Speaker. After last week’s drama filled ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker the House recessed until Tuesday evening for the Republican conference to try and organize themselves. Currently a vote is scheduled for Wednesday, but there is little expectation that a winner will emerge easily and... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, October 2, 2023
It is officially October, and the government remains in operation after a surprising and dramatic weekend. After weeks of trying, and failing, to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) with drastic spending cuts and controversial riders to appease the House Freedom Caucus, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gave up on wooing the most conservative faction of his party and introduced a... Read More
Impact Health - Artificial Intelligence Policy Roundup: September 28, 2023
Over the past several weeks, artificial intelligence (AI) policy discussions have gained significant momentum in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, indicating growing bipartisan interest in regulating and shaping AI technology. This analysis provides a thorough examination of recent congressional activities including committee-specific actions, legislative frameworks, and stakeholder perspectives, as well as actions by the Biden-Harris Administration. Furthermore,... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, September 25, 2023
The House and Senate are both out today in observance of Yom Kippur, however they will return tomorrow with just days left until the end of the fiscal year, and a government shutdown looming. Last week Speaker McCarthy had a series of disappointments as he tried, and failed, to move a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government in operation. ... Read More
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