Health Care Law Matters

Monday June 13th, 2011:

House Energy & Commerce: VIEWS OF HHS ON REGULATORY OVERHAUL - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee (Chairman Stearns, R-Fla.) of House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing titled "The Views of the Department of Health and Human Services on Regulatory Reform: An Update."

Subcommittee Hearing – 2:00 p.m. -2322 Rayburn Building

Tuesday June 14th, 2011:

House Veterans’ Affairs: VETERANS' MENTAL HEALTH CARE - House Veterans' Affairs Committee (Chairman Miller, R-Fla.) will hold a hearing titled "Mental Health: Bridging the Gap Between Care and Compensation for Veterans."

Full Committee Hearing – 10:00 a.m. - 334 Cannon Building  

HR 2112 — Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations (House)

Wednesday June 15th, 2011:

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry: OVERSIGHT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES DERIVATIVES - Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee (Chairwoman Stabenow, D-Mich.) will hold an oversight hearing on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [incorporated into the Dodd-Frank banking revision bill, PL 111-203] and the implementation of Title VII, which deal with regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, including agricultural commodities.

Full Committee Oversight Hearing – 9:30 a.m. – 328-A Russell Building  

Senate Environment & Public Works: THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND PUBLIC HEALTH -  Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (Chairwoman Boxer, D-Calif.) will hold a hearing titled "The Clean Air Act and Public Health."

Full Committee Hearing – 10:00 a.m. – 406 Dirksen Building

House Energy & Commerce: PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OVERVIEW -  Health Subcommittee (Chairman Pitts, R-Pa.) of House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing titled "PPACA's [Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - PL 111-148] Effects on Maintaining Health Coverage and Jobs: A Review of the Health Care Law's Regulatory Burden."

Subcommittee Hearing – 3:00 p.m. – 2322 Rayburn Building

HR 2112  Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations (House)

Thursday June 16th, 2011:

HR 1249 — America Invents Act

Tuesday May 24th, 2011:

HR 1216 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. 

Senate Judiciary: PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE EPIDEMIC - Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee (Chairman Whitehouse, D-R.I.) of Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled "Responding to the Prescription Drug Epidemic: Strategies for Reducing Abuse, Misuse, Diversion and Fraud."

Subcommittee Hearing – 9:00 a.m. – 226 Dirksen Building

House Appropriations: FISCAL 2012 APPROPRIATIONS: AGRICULTURE -  Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Chairman Kingston, R-Ga.) of House Appropriations Committee will mark up draft legislation that would make fiscal 2012 appropriations for departments, agencies and programs under its jurisdiction.

Subcommittee Markup – 4:00 p.m. – 2362-A Rayburn Building

 

Wednesday May 25th, 2011: 

House Energy & Commerce: PURCHASING HEALTH COVERAGE ACROSS STATE LINES -  Health Subcommittee (Chairman Pitts, R-Pa.) of House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing titled "Expanding Health Care Options: Allowing Americans to Purchase Affordable Coverage Across State Lines."

Subcommittee Hearing – 10:00 a.m. – 2123 Rayburn Building

 

Thursday May 26th, 2011:

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry: OUTLOOK FOR FARM PROGRAMS -  Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee (Chairwoman Stabenow, D-Mich.) will hold a hearing titled "Food for Thought: The Role, Risks and Challenges for American Agriculture and the Next Farm Bill in Meeting the Demands of a Growing World."

Full Committee Hearing – 10:00 a.m. – 216 Hart Building

This article is part of our continuing series, Health on the Hill.

 

Monday May 9th, 2011:

No Health Hearings Scheduled  

 

Tuesday May 10th, 2011:

House Foreign Affairs: FISCAL 2012 BUDGET: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION - Africa, Global Health and Human Rights Subcommittee (Chairman Smith, R-N.J.) of House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the fiscal 2012 budget request for the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Subcommittee Hearing – 2:00 p.m. – 2172 Rayburn Building

House Energy & Commerce: HEALTH CARE AND CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS BILLS - House Energy and Commerce Committee (Chairman Upton, R-Mich.) will markup pending legislation.

Full Committee Markup – 4:00 p.m. 2123 Rayburn Building

 

Wednesday May 11th, 2011:

Senate Appropriations: FISCAL 2012 APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES - Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Chairman Harkin, D-Iowa) of Senate Appropriations Committee will hold hearings on proposed fiscal 2012 appropriations for programs under its jurisdiction.

Subcommittee Hearing – 10:00 a.m. – 124 Dirksen Building

Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: DIVERTING NON-URGENT EMERGENCY ROOM USE - Primary Health and Aging Subcommittee (Chairman Sanders, I-Vt.) of Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on efforts to divert non-urgent emergency room use to an alternate provider, focusing on how it might provide better care and lower costs.

Full Committee Hearing –  10:00 a.m. - 430 Dirksen Building

House Energy & Commerce: HEALTH CARE AND CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS BILLS - House Energy and Commerce Committee (Chairman Upton, R-Mich.) will markup pending legislation.

Full Committee Markup – 10:30 a.m. 2123 Rayburn Building

 

Thursday May 12th, 2011:

House Ways & Means: MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT OVERHAUL -  Health Subcommittee (Chairman Herger, R-Calif.) of House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on new models for delivering and paying for services that physicians furnish to Medicare beneficiaries.

Subcommittee Hearing – 2:00 p.m. – 1100 Longworth Building

House Homeland Security: HOMELAND SECURITY MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES - Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications Subcommittee (Chairman Bilirakis, R-Fla.) of House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing titled "Taking Measure of Countermeasures (Part 2): A Review of Efforts to Protect the Homeland Through Distribution and Dispensing of CBRN [Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear] Medical Countermeasures."

Subcommittee Hearing – 2:00 p.m. – 311 Cannon Building

 

Friday May 13h, 2011:

No Health Hearings Scheduled