LESTER HEALTH LAW PLLC for NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Department of Health and Human Services appropriations for the CW Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory; Department of Defense appropriations for the bone marrow program; Food and Drug Administration Appropriations; HHS appropriations for bone marrow and cord blood programs; H.R.2028 Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act; H.R.5325 Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act; H.R.5926 and S.3040, Labor/HHS/Education appropriations legislation; H.R.5293 and S.3000 Defense appropriations bill.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 5926 (114th), S. 3000 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), H.R. 5293 (114th), S. 3040 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act; S. 2689, the REGROW Act; implementation of the Affordable Care Act, implementation of the reauthorization of the CW Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, the REGROW Act.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (114th), S. 2689 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Coverage and reimbursement for bone marrow/cord blood transplants; Hospital Outpatient Proposed and Final Rules; Hospital Inpatient Rule; National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for Stem Cell Transplantation (Sickle Cell Disease, Myelofibrosis, and Multiple Myloema) (CAG-00444R).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)