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Health Issues HCR

HR 6, 21st Century Cures Act, provisions related to increased funding for the National Institutes of Health. HR 3020/S 1645, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions regarding funding for the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer screening, research and programs in FY 2016. S. 318/HR 531, the Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, expressing support for NIH funding. S.289, American Cures Act, expressing support for increased funding at NIH, CDC, and other agencies. Senate Innovations Act, provisions involving increased funding for NIH and FDA. HR 2029, FY2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act, provisions related to increased funding for the NIH. Office of the Vice President, meeting request to discuss moonshot cancer initiative.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th), S. 318 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 531 (114th), S. 289 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR 2846, the Planning Activity for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act of 2015, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cancer care planning and coordination under the Medicare program. Comment letter to CMS on Request for Information Regarding Implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Promotion of Alternative Payment Models, and Incentive Payments for Participation in Eligible Alternative Payment Models.(CMS-3321-NC) Comment letter to CMS on the Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 (modifications to the standards for qualified health plans and the operations of health insurance exchanges).

Contacted: Office of the Vice President of the United States; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2846 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 3020/S 1645, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions regarding funding for the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer screening, research and programs in FY 2016. HR 2772, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions related to non-communicable diseases.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2772 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th)