Labor-HHS Appropriation FY 2010
Labor-HHS Appropriation FY 2010
Current Status
On December 16, 2009, President Obama signed the "Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010" [P.L. 111-117], which provides $31.007
billion for NIH for FY 2010, an increase of $691.8 million (2.3
percent) over the FY 2009 bill. Division D of the conference agreement
includes $163.6 billion in discretionary spending for programs under
the Labor-HHS-Education bill (H.R.
3293), an increase of $8.5 billion (5.5 percent) over the FY
2009 bill, excluding emergency appropriations. This includes $48.5
billion for programs in the Public Health Service, an increase of
$1.1 billion (2.4 percent) over FY 2009.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): For NIH, the conference
agreement includes $31.0 billion, an increase of
$691.8 million (2.3 percent) over the FY 2009 bill, and $250 million
more than the president's request.
Health Professions: The conference agreement provides $254
million for Title VII health professions programs, a $32 million
(14.4 percent) increase over FY 2009, but $11 million less than
the president's request. The funding level falls between the House-approved
level of $266 million and the Senate committee level of $243 million.
The bill includes increases for every Title VII program except the
faculty loan repayment program, for which funding remains flat.
The omnibus also includes $2.8 million for the workforce information
and analysis program, which has not received funding since FY 2005.
The conference agreement provides $244 million for Title VIII nursing
education programs, a $73 million (42.6 percent) increase over FY
2009, and a $22 million increase over the Senate committee bill.
The funding level is $19 million below both the president's request
and the House-approved bill, which each provided $263 million for
Title VIII.
National Health Service Corps (NHSC): The conference agreement
provides $142 million for the NHSC, a $7 million (5.1 percent) increase
over FY 2009, as proposed in both the House and Senate bills. The
president's request proposed $169 million for NHSC.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): The conference
agreement provides $397 million for AHRQ, a $25 million (6.3 percent)
increase over FY 2009, the president's request, and the House and
Senate bills.
Within the total, the bill provides $25 million under "Patient
Safety Research and Health" for healthcare-associated infections
prevention activities and $25 million for patient safety and medical
liability reform demonstrations. According to the accompanying report,
the funding will support "a three-pronged initiative consisting
of demonstration grants to States and health systems to test implementation
and evaluation of evidence-based patient safety and medical liability
projects, grants to States and health systems to plan for implementation
and evaluation of evidence-based patient safety and medical liability
demonstrations, and a rapid and comprehensive review of initiatives
that improve health care quality and reduce liability."
The conference agreement also includes $24 million for "investigator-initiated
research" and $21 million for "Patient-Centered Health
Research," funded at $50 million in FY 2009 under the heading
"Clinical Effectiveness Research."
Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education: The conference
agreement includes $317.5 million for the Children's GME program,
a $7.5 million (2.4 percent) increase over FY 2009 and the president's
request. The House bill included $320 million for the program, while
the Senate committee provided $315 million.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): The conference
agreement provides $6.8 billion for CDC, a $128 million (1.9 percent)
increase over FY 2009, $60 million more than the House, and $31
million less than the Senate. The president's request included $6.7
billion for CDC.
Contacts
Dave Moore, Senior Director
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
Matthew Shick, Senior Legislative Analyst
AAMC Government Relations
mshick@aamc.org
(202) 862-6116
Tannaz Rasouli, Senior Legislative Analyst
AAMC Government Relations
trasouli@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
Shannon Curtis, Legislative Analyst
AAMC Government Relations
scurtis@aamc.org
(202) 828-0558
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