AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); Affordable birth control; International family planning; Violence Against Women Programs; Office of Adolescent Health. Budget Control Act; FY12 Appropriations, Labor, HHS, Defense;Maternal Mortality Reviews; Electronic Birth and Death Records (CDC); National Fetal Infant Mortality Review (HRSA); Obesity Research, Treatment Prevention (HHS); Department of Defense (DOD) Ovarian Cancer Research Program; Health Disparities (HHS); Safe Motherhood (CDC); Preterm Research (NIH); Title V Block Grant (HRSA); STD Prevention (CDC); Title X, Family Planning; Reproductive Health; Prevention Public Health Fund; Birth Defects; National Children's Study; Medicaid and Medicare funding.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); National HIV/AIDS Strategy (general); Postpartum Depression (general); Emergency Contraception (general); Pre-existing condition exclusion (general); Stillbirth and SIDS Prevention, Education and Awareness Act of 2011; H.R. 2659/S.1415, Birth Control Act; H.R. 2679/S. 1440, PREEMIE; HIPAA Privacy Rule accounting for disclosures under HITECH Act; H.R. 2954, Health Equity Accountability Act; H.R. 3003, Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai; Preventive Care (general); Domestic Violence(general); Medicaid and SCHIP Coverage and Reimbursement; HIV Screening (general); Gynecological Cancer; Breast Cancer (general); Breastfeeding(general); Medical Liability Reform (general); Personal Health Record; Abortion (general); Health IT (general); H.R. 2029/ S.1131, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction and Awareness Act; Prematurity(general); Obesity (general); Disparities (general); Prevention & Public Health Trust Fund(general); The Meaningful End to Defensive Medicine and Aimless Lawsuits; H.R. 2127, Newborn Act; Improve Maternity Care Quality; Healthy Hunger-Free Kids; H.R. 5/ S.1099, HEALTH Act; H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011; S.668, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; H.R.666, Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011; H.R. 358, Protect Life Act; H.R. 894, Maternal Health Accountability Act; Imaging (general); H.R. 2194/ S.1221, GEDI Act; State Paid Leave (general); H.R. 1676, Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act; National Prevention Strategy (general); H.R. 1216, To Amend Funding for Graduate Medical Education in Teaching Health Centers from Direct to Authorizing Appropriations; Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Women Act; FDA Comments on Scientific Evaluation of Modified Risk Tobacco Products.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2194 (112th), H.R. 3003 (112th), H.R. 1216 (112th), S. 1131 (112th), H.R. 2127 (112th), S. 1221 (112th), H.R. 666 (112th), H.R. 358 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 2954 (112th), H.R. 2679 (112th), H.R. 2029 (112th), H.R. 2659 (112th), H.R. 1676 (112th), H.R. 894 (112th), S. 1440 (112th), S. 668 (112th), S. 1099 (112th), S. 1415 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Reform (general); H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 688, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; Imaging (general); Medicaid (general);H.R. 2020/ S.1096, Preservation of Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act; FY12 Proposed physician fee schedule; CME (general).

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 688 (112th), S. 1096 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 2020 (112th)