Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations bill marked by subcommittee; learn about Open Enrollment
The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee met today and completed its markup. The press release is now available here and audio of the meeting is available here. The fiscal year 2012 bill provides HHS $70.18 billion in discretionary program level funding, a 0.3 percent reduction from FY 2011. Highlights of the bill include $280 million of the $1 billion available in the Prevention and Public Health Fund to support Community Transformation Grants, an increase of $135 million over FY 2011; $30.5 billion for NIH, a decrease of $190 million from the FY 2011 level; and $1.6 billion for community health centers. The full committee markup is scheduled for tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET. NRHA invites you to join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “Open Door Forums” for an opportunity for live dialogue. On September 22 at 3-4 p.m. ET, CMS will be holding “The Listening Session: Open Enrollment for Stakeholders” to share the latest information about Open Enrollment. Medicare Open Enrollment is earlier this year, from October 15 to December 7. To join the call Dial: 1-866-501-5502 & Reference Conference ID: 11763777. Please continue to monitor this blog for information relating to the ongoing FY 2012 appropriations process. We will also update this blog with information related to the ongoing negotiations of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Please contact NRHA government affairs at (202) 639-0550 with any questions.