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President Biden Signs Legislation to Fund Government for Remainder of Fiscal Year 2023
*Note: this text has been updated from a legislative alert first published on 12/20/2022 to reflect new developments On Thursday, December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law a bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill to set the discretionary funding levels for...
House to Vote on MIECHV Reauthorization Act This Week
The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on HR 8876, the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program for five years. The Association...
AMCHP Leads 109 National Organizations in Supporting Permanent, Nationwide 12-Month Postpartum Medicaid Coverage in Year-End Legislation
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Leader McCarthy, and Leader McConnell: We, the undersigned 109 national organizations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our nation’s families, commend your ongoing leadership to advance legislation to...
Congress Releases Temporary Funding Bill Including MIECHV Reauthorization Ahead of Fiscal Year End
On Tuesday, September 26, Congress released a stopgap funding bill with just three days left in the current fiscal year. The legislation, known as a Continuing Resolution (CR), would avert a government shutdown and fund the federal government at current levels through...
House Appropriations Committee Proposes $125M Increase to Title V MCH Block Grant in Fiscal Year 2023
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee passed the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS) bill, including significant increases to the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block...
AMCHP Leads Coalition in Support of Senate Dear Colleague Letter Urging Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for CDC’s Surveillance for Emerging Threats and to Mothers and Babies Network
Dear Chair Murray and Ranking Member Blunt: As you develop the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, we urge you to provide $100 million for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats...
AMCHP Leads Coalition in Support of Senate Bipartisan Dear Colleague Letter Urging Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for Federal Maternal Health Programs
Dear Chair Murray and Ranking Member Blunt: Our nation continues to face a crisis in maternal health. As you develop the appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2023, we encourage you to prioritize the highest possible funding level for the below programs that seek...
AMCHP Leads Coalition in Support of Bipartisan House Dear Colleague Letter Urging Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for Federal Maternal Health Programs
Dear Chair DeLauro and Ranking Member Cole: Our nation continues to face a crisis in maternal health. As you develop the appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2023, we encourage you to prioritize the highest possible funding level for the below programs that seek...
AMCHP Leads Coalition in Support of Bipartisan House Dear Colleague Letter Urging Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for CDC’s Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network
Dear Chair DeLauro and Ranking Member Cole: As you develop the FY 2023 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, we urge you to provide $100 million for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and...
AMCHP Leads Coalition in Support of Bipartisan House Dear Colleague Letter Supporting Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for two Newly Authorized Federal Maternal Health Programs
Dear Chair DeLauro and Ranking Member Cole: We are grateful to you for prioritizing the health of our nation’s mothers by including provisions of the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act and the Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services (MOMS) Act in...
AMCHP Leads 55 National Organizations Urging Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for CDC’s Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network in Letter to House and Senate L-HHS Appropriations Leadership
Dear Chair Murray, Ranking Member Blunt, Chair DeLauro, and Ranking Member Cole: As you develop the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), we urge you to provide $100 million for the...
AMCHP Leads 108 National and Academic Organizations Supporting Title V Funding in Fiscal Year 2023 in Letter to House and Senate L-HHS Appropriations Leadership
Dear Chair Murray, Ranking Member Blunt, Chair DeLauro, and Ranking Member Cole: As organizations dedicated to improving the health of all women, children, and families, we strongly urge you to support at least $1 billion for the Title V Maternal and Child Health...
President’s Budget Proposes $206M Increase to Title V MCH Block Grant
The White House released the President’s Budget Request for federal fiscal year 2023 (FY23) today including proposals for significant increases to the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCH Block Grant) and other federal programs to improve...
House Passes Bill to Fund Government for Remainder of FY22
On March 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) omnibus appropriations bill that, when enacted, will set discretionary funding levels through the rest of the current fiscal year.
Congress Passes Short-Term Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Congress passed legislation last night to extend funding for the federal government through Mar. 11, 2022. President Biden is expected to sign the bill before government funding runs out at midnight tonight. The short-term funding bill – known as a continuing...