OB-GYNS FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS & GYNECOLOGISTS

Health Issues HCR

HPV Vaccination Mandate for Women and Girls; HR.463,The Prevention First Act;Repeal of Global Gag Rule; H. Con. Res. 48/S. Con. Res. 6, Women's Health Resolution; Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); H.R. 1691/S.688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act. H.R.20/S.324, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act; H.R. 1558/S. 623 Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act.; Cord Blood Banking (general); S.670 Smoke Free Mothers and Babies Act of 2009; Stillbirth (general); Sudden unexpected infant deaths (general); Healthcare reform (general).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); President of the U.S.; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 6 (111th), S. 688 (111th), H.Con.Res. 48 (111th), S. 623 (111th), S. 324 (111th), H.R. 20 (111th), H.R. 463 (111th), H.R. 1558 (111th), S. 670 (111th), H.R. 1691 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Public health funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for biomedical research; Title X family planning; Title V maternal child health block grant; Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); Affordable birth control; International family planning; Abortion access. HR.1/S.1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Funding for Health Information Technology, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Medicaid-FMAP, Family Planning, National Institutes of Health,Centers for Disease Control, Health Resources and Services Administration; De-fund Community Based Abstinence Education; Funding for Violence Against Women Act.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); President of the U.S.

Bills named: S. 1 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Funding for improvements to IHS.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); President of the U.S.; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Increase to FMAP in recovery package; Medicare SGR reform (general); Medical Home (general); H.R. 2/S. 275 Children's Health Insurance Program Re-authorization Act of 2009.

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); President of the U.S.; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (111th), S. 275 (111th)