On April 21, 2015, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 471, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015.

The House approved the measure by voice vote on June 7, 2016; the Senate has not yet announced plans for its consideration of the bill.

On November 15, 2013, the House of Representatives voted 261 to 157 to approve H.R. 3350, the "Keep Your Health Plan Act," which would allow health plans available on the individual market as of January 1, 2013 to continue in 2014 without meeting new ACA plan standards.

In response to the Obama Administration’s announcement that it is delaying the ACA’s requirement that certain large employers with more than 50 employees pay an excise tax if they do not offer qualified insurance to their employees ...

On May 28, 2014 the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health approved by voice vote three bipartisan public health bills.

On February 2, 2016, the House failed to muster the votes needed to override President Obama's veto of H.R. 3762, the "Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act."

The House Judiciary Committee has approved HR 1215, the "Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017."

The House of Representatives has approved HR 372, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017, which would repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies provided under the McCarran-Ferguson Act ...

Legislative Developments, Hearings and Markups, Physician Payments, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR).

On January 9, 2014, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee is holding a hearing on "The Extenders Policies: What Are They and How Should They Continue Under a Permanent SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) Repeal Landscape?"

On June 25, 2015, the Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee will review three bipartisan bills that aim to improve health care for newborns, infants, and children.

On January 27, 2015, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its "21st Century Cures Act" discussion draft, the product of a year-long, bipartisan effort by the Committee to accelerate the pace of medical cures in the United States.

Two Congressional hearings are scheduled this week on health policy issues:

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee is holding a hearing on "Reforming SGR : Prioritizing Quality in a Modernized Physician Payment System."

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has published a final rule to implement CMP provisions added to section 340B of the Public Health Service Act under the Affordable Care Act.

On April 19, 2016, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing a notice reopening for 30 days the comment period on its June 17, 2015 proposed rule entitled "340B Drug Pricing Program Ceiling Price and Manufacturer Civil Monetary Penalties Regulation."

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has officially withdrawn from Office of Management and Budget review a long-awaited proposed rule to establish comprehensive requirements

CMS is hosting ICD-10-CM/PCS Coordination and Maintenance Committee meetings in September to provide a public forum to discuss proposed code changes to the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS

The ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee is meeting on March 7 and 8, 2017, to discuss proposed code changes to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS.

On December 11, 2015, President Obama signed into law S. 599, the Improving Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Act.