Senate Appropriations Committee releases summary of FY2014 Senate Labor-HHS bill
The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee today released their summary of the fiscal year 2014 bill. The bill includes increases in funding for Title VII Nursing programs, Community Mental Health Services Block Grant, Primary Care Training and Enhancement, the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill includes $290 million for Community Transformation Grants. This is an increase of $144 million. The bill also fully funds the President’s request for implementing the Affordable Care Act, including $5.2 billion for Program Managements at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, the lead agency overseeing the ACA. The Full Committee markup will be held Thursday. For a full summary of the Subcommittee mark-up, see the table or press release.