WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider four bills to help patients and local communities.
Last Congress, the Health Subcommittee contributed a great deal to the committee’s overall bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess. The subcommittee this week will continue to advance thoughtful solutions to improve public health. These bills will improve transparency, reduce regulatory burdens, provide clarity, and reduce costs for patients and families across the country.
The bills to be considered are:
* The Ensuring Patient Access to Effective Drug Enforcement Act, authored by full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Reps. Tom Marino (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Judy Chu (D-CA).
* The Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, authored in the previous Congress by Subcommittee Chairman Pitts, Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), now Ranking Member of the full committee.
* The Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act, authored by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX).
* The Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act, a bill to reauthorize language from the Public Health Service Act to fund trauma care centers. This funding is set to expire in Fiscal Year 2015.
Learn more about each of these online here.as they are posted.
