Senate Committee Approves HHS Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on Thursday to approve a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill that provides $71 billion in discretionary funding for HHS programs, according to an AHA News Now report.

 


That’s a $1.4 billion increase from last year's HHS budget.


Specifically, the bill provides:

  • $30.7 billion for the National Institutes of Health
  • $3.2 billion for CMS (nearly $500 million more than FY 2012)
  • $1.57 billion for community health centers
  • $265 million for Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education


The bill now moves to the Senate floor.

 


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