Update from the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU):
"New CR Released, NHSC funding through March 2018
The House has released a new Continuing Resolution (CR) proposal that would fund the government through January 19. The proposal would also provide some limited funding to CHIP, Health Centers, and the National Health Service Corps in order to keep those programs operating through March. The NHSC is slated to receive only $65 million in the proposal. The trouble is that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says that House Dems will vote against the CR unless they get assurances that they'll get parity between defense and nondefense spending in an end of year budget deal. No such deal has been cut and the current CR expires tomorrow night.
ACU had been cautiously optimistic that a deal to fund the NHSC would be included on the this CR, after Congress passed a Tax Bill and wanted to go home for the holidays. Instead, they passed the Tax Bill and are punting on the rest of these critical health care programs.
HR 1370 Furthering Continuing Appropriations Act
ACU had been cautiously optimistic that a deal to fund the NHSC would be included on the this CR, after Congress passed a Tax Bill and wanted to go home for the holidays. Instead, they passed the Tax Bill and are punting on the rest of these critical health care programs.
HR 1370 Furthering Continuing Appropriations Act
- Bill Text (NHSC funding on page 11)
- Section - by - Section Summary (NHSC in Div. C, section 3101)
We encourage all NHSC advocates to call Congress and say this isn’t acceptable. We can’t fund health professionals in underserved communities month-by-month. We need stability for both recruitment and retention of these critical providers, and this bill is not a compromise for either side. Please find a way to fund the NHSC now, before you leave for the holidays.
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