Federal Health Policy Strategies

• Ending Drug Trafficking in Our Communities ActCongress · HR 2194 · Last action Mar 18, 2025 · Official record (opens in a new tab)The bill would reauthorize and expand the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program by authorizing $400 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2031 and requiring the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to identify, develop, and disseminate promising practices to improve drug trafficking enforcement and prevention…Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Referred
• Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025Congress · S 720 · Last action Feb 25, 2025 · Official record (opens in a new tab)The bill would establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division to coordinate federal efforts addressing disproportionate environmental and health impacts on low-income, Tribal, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities.Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1350)Referred
• Continuity of Care for Impacted CommunitiesColorado · HB 1010 · Last action Aug 21, 2025The bill requires the department of public health and environment and the department of health care policy and financing (health departments) to jointly issue advisory guidance to health-care providers and health-care facilities prohibited from receiving federal medicaid financing pursuant to the federal budget bill, H.R. 1 of the 119th Congress…Latest action: Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesSession ended
• Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026Congress · HR 9758 · Last action Jul 16, 2026 · Official record (opens in a new tab)The Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026 would establish a federal commission within the Department of Health and Human Services to study the prevalence of child marriage and recommend strategies to eliminate it across the United States. - The bill creates a 10-member National Commission to Combat Child Marriage, with appointments made by the President…Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Referred
• Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established.Virginia · SB 271 · Last action Apr 13, 2026The bill requires the Panel to (i) report annually on prescription drug pricing trends and any policy recommendations on legislation to improve prescription drug affordability and (ii) provide quarterly updates on prescription drug pricing trends.Latest action: Governor's recommendation received by SenateVetoed

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