LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
President Donald Trump Signs Executive Order “Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal.”
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing to Consider Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) for HHS Secretary. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Release Statements.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
January 21
House Energy & Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Issues Statement Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order to Begin Dismantling the ACA.
January 22
House and Senate Republicans Head to Annual Three-Day Retreat in Philadelphia to Discuss Strategy.
January 23
House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Submits Op-ed to Washington Examiner Entitled, “Putting Patients Back in Control of Healthcare.”
Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Releases Statement Regarding Collins-Cassidy Proposed Legislation for ACA Repeal.
Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Leads Group of Senate Democrats in Call for the SEC to Investigate HHS Secretary Nominee Tom Price’s (R-GA) Stock Market Trading Activities.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) Announces Subcommittee Assignments for Republican Members of Committee in 115th Congress.
House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) Release Statements Regarding Subcommittee Chairs for 115th Congress.
January 24
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Introduces S.222, “Obamacare Replacement Act.”
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Releases Vetting Timeline for HHS Nominee Tom Price (R-GA).
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) Send Letter to HHS Nominee Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) Requesting Stock Brokerage Details.
House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight Holds Hearing Entitled, “Examining the Effectiveness of the Individual Mandate under the Affordable Care Act.”
House Budget Committee Holds Hearing Entitled, “The Failures of Obamacare: Harmful Effects and Broken Promises.” House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) Publishes Opening Remarks.
House Budget Committee Holds Hearing Entitled, “Consideration of Rules and Oversight Plan of the Budget Committee for the 115th Congress.”
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Announce Leadership and Membership Rosters for 115th Congress.
Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Democrats Vow to Defend Women’s Rights and Health Care.
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Discusses Priorities with VA Secretary Nominee Dr. David Shulkin.
House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Interim House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black (R-TN) Release Statements Regarding CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook.
January 25
Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) Announces Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Is to Join Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and Himself in Cosponsoring the “Patient Freedom Act of 2017.”
January 26
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) Hopes to Have Health Reform Finished By March in Quick Turnaround.
Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) Lead Group of Sixty-Five Senators in Support for Medicare Advantage.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
January 25
SAMHSA Releases CBHSQ Report, 1.5 Million Adults Have Serious Mental Illness and Misused Opioids in the Past Year.
JUDICIAL UPDATE
January 25
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Enjoins HHS’s Interim Final Rule with Comment Period, Medicare Program; Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities—Third-Party Payment.
OTHER UPDATES
January 23
GAO Publishes Reports,
- Veterans Health Administration: Management Attention Is Needed to Address Systemic, Long-standing Human Capital Challenges
- Federal Health Care Center: VA and DOD Need to Develop Better Information to Monitor Operations and Improve Efficiency
January 24
CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings/Markups
SENATE
- HELP Committee
- Executive Session: Committee Funding Resolution, Adoption of Committee Rules, and Subcommittee Assignments
January 31 | 10 a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
- Executive Session: Committee Funding Resolution, Adoption of Committee Rules, and Subcommittee Assignments
- Finance Committee
- Executive Session: Rep. Tom Price Confirmation Vote
January 31 | 10 a.m.
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
- Executive Session: Rep. Tom Price Confirmation Vote
- HELP Committee
- Hearing: Obamacare Emergency: Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Market
February 1 | 10 a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
- Hearing: Obamacare Emergency: Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Market
HOUSE
- Energy & Commerce Committee
- Hearing: Medicaid Oversight: Existing Problems and Ways to Strengthen the Program
January 31 | 10 a.m.
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
- Hearing: Medicaid Oversight: Existing Problems and Ways to Strengthen the Program
- Energy & Commerce Committee
- Hearing: Strengthening Medicaid and Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable
February 1 | 10 a.m.
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
- Hearing: Strengthening Medicaid and Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable
- Oversight & Government Reform
- Hearing: Fraud, Waste and Abuse Under the Affordable Care Act
January 31 | 2 p.m.
2247 Rayburn House Office Building
- Hearing: Fraud, Waste and Abuse Under the Affordable Care Act
- Education & the Workforce Committee
- Hearing: Rescuing Americans from the Failed Health Care Law and Advancing Patient-Centered Solutions
February 1 | 10 a.m.
2175 Rayburn House Office Building
- Hearing: Rescuing Americans from the Failed Health Care Law and Advancing Patient-Centered Solutions
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Hearing: Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Markets
February 2 | 10:30 a.m.
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
- Hearing: Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Markets
Department of Health and Human Services
- SAMHSA Tribal Technical Advisory Committee
February 1 | 8:00 a.m.
5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD
- National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council Meeting
Presentation of Director’s Report and other scientific presentations.- February 1 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
NIH
Building 31, C Wing 6th Floor
Conference Center, Room 10
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
- February 1 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- SAMHSA CMHS National Advisory Committee Meeting
Discussion of policy issues and current administrative, legislative, and program developments. Discussion with SAMHSA Principal Deputy Administrator and SAMHSA Chief Medical Officer.- February 1 | 9 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane, 5th Floor Conference Room 5W07
Rockville, MD 20857
And via telephone
- February 1 | 9 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
- SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Advisory Council
Discussion of minutes from SAMHSA CSAT NAC meeting on August 24, 2016; the Director’s report; an update on the budget; and CSAT’s role of “translating science to service, and discussion of technology assisted care.”- February 1 | 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
- February 1 | 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- SAMHSA Advisory Committee for Women’s Services Meeting
Discussions on the NIH “women and girls research agenda; a Legislative update and an overview of the Cures Act; an overview of the Surgeon General’s Report; a presentation on physical health/behavioral health integration activities; and a conversation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.”- February 1 | 9 a.m.
SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane, Conference Room 5N76, Rockville, MD 20852
- February 1 | 9 a.m.
- SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Advisory Council
Discussion of “the substance use prevention workforce and the changing landscape of prevention,” as well as updates on CSAP program developments.- February 1 | 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 5A02 (lobby level)
Rockville, MD 20857
- February 1 | 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council; Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases Subcommittee Meeting
Review of Division’s scientific and planning activities.- February 1 | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
NIH
Building 31, C Wing 6th Floor Conference Center, Room 7
31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
- February 1 | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council; Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Subcommittee Meeting
Review of Division’s scientific and planning activities, then review and evaluation of grant applications.- February 1 | 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
NIH
Building 31, C Wing 6th Floor
Conference Center, Room 6
31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
- February 1 | 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council; Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Subcommittee Meeting
Review and evaluate grant applications, then review Division’s scientific and planning activities.- February 1 | 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
NIH
Building 31, C Wing 6th floor Conference Center, Room 10
31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
- February 1 | 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Joint Meeting of Advisory Committees
Meeting includes discussions on NIH women and girls research agenda; legislative update and overview of Cures Act; overview of the Surgeon General’s Report; presentation on activities for integration of physical health and behavioral health; and remarks from Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.- February 2 | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18E77A
Rockville, MD 20857
- February 2 | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- SAMHSA National Advisory Council Meeting
Reflection on previous JNAC meeting and council discussion regarding the Transition.- February 3 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
- February 3 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health
Report from the Director and staff.- February 3 | 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
NIH
Building 31, Conference Room 10,
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
- February 3 | 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
- National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health Meeting
Report from the Institute Director and other NIH and HHS staff.- February 3 | 9:30 a.m.
NIH
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Conference Room 10
Bethesda, MD 20894
- February 3 | 9:30 a.m.
Other
- 2017 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference
- January 30 | 7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- January 31 | 7 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
901 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Kaiser Family Foundation Panel Discussion: Major Considerations for Repealing and Replacing the ACA
- January 31 | 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
1330 G St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
And webcast
- January 31 | 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- The Alliance for Health Reform Webinar: Health Insurance Markets During a Time of Change
- February 1 | 1:30 p.m. -2:45 p.m.
Webinar
- February 1 | 1:30 p.m. -2:45 p.m.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Meeting #2 – Committee on Improving Health Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
- February 2-3 | 7:30 a.m.
Keck Center, 500 5 St. NW Washington, DC 20001
- February 2-3 | 7:30 a.m.
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