Pitts (R-PA), Upton (R-MI) – Amendment No. 1 – Terminates the Prevention and Public Health Fund after 2016 and authorizes $5 billion for an optional state-based high risk pool program for calendar year 2014. The optional state-based high risk pool program would be subject to appropriations and includes Hyde protections. Together with the base bill, the amendment will reduce the deficit by $8 billion.
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Brownley (D-CA) – Amendment No. 2 – Requires that within 90 days of enactment of H.R. 1549, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare a report to Congress detailing the exact amount of money to be transferred out of the Prevention and Public Health Fund and how the transfer will impact the access of uninsured and underinsured children, adolescents, and adults to immunization programs, Alzheimer’s disease education and prevention programs, and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and maternal care programs.
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