NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY for NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act - COVID-19 vaccine prioritization and distribution - supported policies ensuring people with conditions that placed them at a higher risk of severe covid-19 were able to be prioritized in CDC-ACIP recommendation and for vaccine distribution plans.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th)

Transportation TRA

Supporting Administration infrastructure package initial discussions

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - support passage S. 898- Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2021 - support passage S. 368/H.R. 1332 - Telehealth Modernization Act - support passage H.R. 366 - Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 - support passage

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

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th), S. 368 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), H.R. 366 (117th), S. 898 (117th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R.3 - Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now, monitor legislation

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

Bills named: H.R. 3 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.1319- The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - support passage Supporting -$20 million for the MS Research Program in the final FY22 Defense Appropriations Act (no bill number yet)

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

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Prescription Drug User Fee Act Cures 2.0 discussion draft Funding increase for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration in final FY22 Appropriations bills

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