Last week, Congress was able to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to extend federal funding until December 9th. After weeks of negotiating and one failed attempt to bring the measure up for a vote in the Senate, the legislation was finally signed into law by President Obama after Republicans broke the logjam by agreeing to …
Author: Abigail Pinkele
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2017 LHHS Bill
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the first bipartisan Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations bill in 7 years. The legislation contained the full health center funding request for fiscal year 2017 (FY17) of $5.1 billion in funding for health centers. This is level funding compared with FY16 and composed of $1.5 billion …
House Appropriations Committee Releases LHHS Allocation for FY17
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee moved forward with the formal process of considering the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations bills by releasing specific funding levels for each of the 12 appropriations bills. Typically, the House and Senate passed budget resolution would establish the total discretionary funding levels for the Appropriations Committee in both the …
Congress Passes FY16 Funding Bill and Prevents Government Shutdown
Last Friday, after weeks of negotiations, Congress swiftly moved to pass a $1.8 trillion spending package, which also funds the government until September 30, 2016. Earlier in the week, Congress passed another short-term extension of funding as they were unable to meet the December 11th deadline and vote counts on the final omnibus package were …
House and Senate Appropriations Committees Pass their FY2016 LHHS Bills, as FY15 Funds Continue to Roll Out
Last week was a busy week in the House and Senate with regard to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 appropriations process. Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committee approved their Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) FY2016 bills. For FY2016, health centers have requested that the House and Senate LHHS Subcommittees maintain the FY2015 total …
House and Senate LHHS Appropriations Subcommittees Begin Consideration of Fiscal Year 2016 Spending Bills
Today, the House Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee released their version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 LHHS bill. The legislation contains the full health center request for FY2016 of a discretionary funding level of $1.5 billion and when combined with the $3.6 billion made available in H.R. 2, health centers would …
Why is NACHC Pushing for a Fix for the Primary Care Funding Cliff in the Lame Duck Session?
Since the Policy and Issues forum in March, NACHC and health center advocates have been diligently working on all fronts to educate Congress on – and push for a solution to – the looming expiration, at the end of FY2015, of dedicated funding streams supporting the operations of Community Health Centers, scholarships and loan repayments …
Senate LHHS Subcommittee Approves Increase in Funding for Health Centers in FY2015
Last week, the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Subcommittee on Appropriations approved their Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 spending bill by a voice vote. The full legislation will be released once the bill goes before the Full Appropriations Committee, but the summary information provided by the Subcommittee states Health Centers will receive approximately $1.49 …
Rolling Out the New Health Center Campaign: Access is the Answer
Rolling Out the New Health Center Campaign: Access is the Answer Last week, we held a teleforum call to announce the roll out of our new campaign, Access is the Answer. Health centers are facing our biggest obstacle to date- a potential 70 percent reduction in funding after Fiscal Year 2015 when the mandatory Health …
HHS Announces Funding Opportunity for Mental Health Service Expansion, Awards Additional Outreach and Enrollment Funding, and Indicates Future New Access Point Funding Possible
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a planned opportunity for $50 million to fund approximately 200 awards to health centers to establish or expand mental health services. According to HHS, these awards will fund health centers for efforts such as hiring new mental health and substance use disorder professionals, adding …