H.R. 1529 — Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA)/Armed Services (4/13/11) — A bill to provide for implementation of additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services.
Tax Policy
H.R. 1614 — Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA)/Ways and Means (4/15/11) — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.
Violence Against Women
S. 834 — Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (4/14/11) — A bill to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
S. Res. 149 — Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)/Judiciary (4/14/11) — A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
H.R. 1578 — Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)/Energy and Commerce (4/15/11) — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and for other purposes.
House Votes to Eliminate Funding For Preventive Health Fund
On April 13, the House approved, 236-183, a bill to repeal funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217). The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the legislation on April 5 (see The Source, 4/8/11).
The Prevention and Public Health Fund (Section 4002) was established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (P.L. 111-148) to expand and sustain a “national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the growth of private and public sector health care costs.” Section 4002 provided $1 billion in FY2012, $1.25 billion in FY2013, $1.5 billion in FY2014, and $2 billion in FY2015 and annually thereafter for such activities.
During consideration of the bill, the House approved, by voice vote, an amendment by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to require the Department of Health and Human Services to post on its website a notice of rescission of the unobligated funds and the amount rescinded.
The House rejected:
- A motion to recommit by Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) to prevent any repeal of Section 4002 from applying to the “prevention, wellness, and public health” of seniors, 189-234;
- An amendment by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) to require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the impact of funding awarded through the Fund on preventing chronic disease and promoting health, 187-237; and
- An amendment by Rep. Castor to require GAO to study the economic impact of funding awarded through the Fund on states and communities, 188-238.
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