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February 18, 2022 Introduction The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is in its third year. The number of new cases from the Omicron variant appears to be ebbing, but the [...]

July 28, 2021 Contents Introduction Populations of Interest and Definitions Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Health Outcomes Access to Testing Access to Vaccines Selected Federal Laws and Policies to Address [...]

July 2, 2021 The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. 117-2) is the sixth major legislative package in a series to address domestic public health and health system [...]

June 4, 2021 In early 2020, the federal government began to express concerns over the global spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In the months following, President Donald J. Trump [...]

May 14, 2021 Federal support for reproductive health services--preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services related to reproductive systems, functions, and processes--is administered in different ways, largely because federal agencies, departments, and [...]

February 19, 2021 A U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign is underway. For this effort, all vaccines and some supplies for their administration to patients have been purchased by the federal government, [...]

April 29, 2020 Contents Introduction A Snapshot of CARES Act Health Provisions Report Contents Definitions, Abbreviations, and Acronyms 'Section 319' Public Health Emergency Additional Definitions and Acronyms CARES Act Health [...]

April 17, 2020 Contents Introduction FFCRA Overview Legislative History Provisions in Brief Key Definitions Duration of Emergency Period Definitions of COVID-19 Testing and Related Services Definition of the Uninsured Summaries [...]

April 24, 2020 Contents Introduction Legislative History Provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Division A--Small Business Programs Division B--Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response Title [...]

March 25, 2020 Contents Introduction Lead-Up to Enactment Overview of the Supplemental Health and Human Services (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National [...]

Updated March 2, 2020 Contents Background Epidemiology of COVID-19 Domestic Response Investigation and Control of COVID-19 Cases in the Community The Role of Laboratories in Testing Travel-Related Policies and Restrictions [...]

January 29, 2020 The Emergence of 2019-nCoV On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. Illnesses have since [...]

Updated November 26, 2019 In 2001, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 'homeland security' went from being a concept discussed among a relatively small cadre of [...]

Contents Introduction Overarching S&T Policy Issues Federal Science and Technology Policymaking Enterprise Federal Funding for Research and Development Disruptive and Convergent Technology America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Technology Transfer from Federal [...]

February 11, 2019 In its quadrennial National Health Security Strategy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) states: U.S. National Health Security actions protect the nation's physical and [...]

Updated January 2, 2019 Contents Introduction Budgetary Impact Related Prior Laws SUPPORT ACT Provisions Medicare Coverage of Opioids and OUD Treatment Medicare Provisions of the SUPPORT Act Title II: Medicare [...]

Updated December 3, 2018 On October 24, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed into law H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and [...]

Updated November 14, 2018 Concern has grown over the recent increase in Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) cases around the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), [...]

Updated May 22, 2018 Contents Introduction Overarching S&T Policy Issues Federal Science and Technology Policymaking Enterprise Federal Funding for Research and Development America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Regulations for Federally Funded [...]

Updated March 20, 2018 Contents Introduction High-Level Summary CHIP Public Health Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Medicaid Abbreviated Summary of Provisions Detailed Summaries of Provisions CHIP Provisions [...]

Updated March 9, 2018 Contents Introduction Abbreviated Summary of Provisions Tables Table 1. Title 1 (CHIP): Description and CRS Contact Information, by Section Table 2. Title II (Medicare Extenders): Description [...]

September 15, 2017 On November 16, 2017, many U.S. health care entities will be expected to fully comply with new federal emergency preparedness requirements. Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and [...]

Updated August 16, 2017 Contents Introduction to the PHS Agencies Discretionary Funding HHS Secretary's Transfer Authority PHS Evaluation Set-Aside 21st Century Cures Act Supplemental Appropriations Mandatory Funding, User Fees, and [...]

Contents Tables Table 1. Provisions Related to Private Health Insurance in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) 3 Table 2. Provisions Related to [...]

Contents Title I Section 101. Recapture Excess Advance Payments of Premium Tax Credits and Section 102. Premium Tax Credit Section 103. Small Business Tax Credit Section 104. Individual Mandate Section [...]

Updated June 9, 2017 Background and Summary Authority and Funding Distributions Scope of PPHF-Funded Activities Tables Table 1. PPHF Transfers by HHS Agency: FY2010-FY2017 Actual, and FY2018 President's Budget Proposed [...]

Updated May 26, 2017 Contents Private Health Insurance Medicaid Public Health and Taxes Title I Energy and Commerce Subtitle A-Patient Access to Public Health Programs Section 101. Prevention and Public [...]

Updated February 8, 2017 Contents Introduction ACA Authorizations of Appropriations Annual Appropriation Amounts to Date Expired Authorizations of Appropriations ACA Administrative Spending Tables Table 1. CMS Funding for Federally Facilitated [...]

Updated December 23, 2016 Contents Introduction Title I-Innovation Projects and State Responses to Opioid Abuse. Section 1001. NIH Innovation Projects Section 1002. FDA Innovation Projects Section 1003. Account for the [...]

Updated September 30, 2016 Contents Introduction Administration Actions Supplemental Request Reprogrammings Uses of Reprogrammed Funds Congressional Actions House Bill (H.R. 5243) Senate Bill (H.R. 2577) Conference Report (H.Rept. 114-640) FY2017 [...]

Contents General Questions 1 What Are Reproductive Health Services? What Are Contraceptive Services? Can Federal Funds Be Used to Pay for Abortions? Department of Defense (DOD) Does the DOD Provide [...]

May 17, 2016 Contents Introduction Report Roadmap The FDA Device Accountability Act of 2015 (S. 1622) Use of Nonlocal Institutional Review Boards for Review of Investigational Device Exemptions and [Humanitarian] [...]

Updated May 19, 2016 Contents Introduction to the PHS Agencies Sources of PHS Agency Funding Secretary's Transfer Authority PHS Evaluation Set-Aside Mandatory Funding, User Fees, and Collections Mandatory Appropriations User [...]

Updated April 18, 2016 Contents Introduction Note on Data and Citations Summary of DHS Appropriations Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) NPPD Appropriations Overview Information [...]

Updated February 1, 2016 Contents Reconciliation and the ACA Summary of Provisions in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3762 Title I--Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Section 101: The Prevention and [...]