Appropriations: On October 18, the Senate released their Fiscal year 2022 (FY 22) omnibus spending package. Included in the Labor-HHS package was $12.5 million for the State Office of Rural Health grant program for FY 22. In July, the House included $13 million for...
Appropriations: On September 30, the final day of the fiscal 2021 calendar, Congress passed, and the President signed into law H.R. 5305, a continuing resolution (CR) that extends FY 2021 funding for all federal programs through December 3, 2021. By December 3,...
NOSORH is delighted to announce the Rural Health Clinic Vaccine Confidence (RHCVC) Grant Program SORH Champions! This group of highly skilled rural health professionals will lend their time and talent to RHCVC grantees across the country during the grant period. With...
NOSORH Submits Rural GME Letter to Congress: On August 30, NOSORH joined a coalition of rural health partners in sending an endorsement letter for the Rural Physician Workforce Shortage Act to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committee. The bill, S. 1893,...
House Labor-HHS Advances:The House continues its annual push on passing fiscal 2022 spending bills ahead of the October 1 deadline. The full House is voting on the Labor-HHS spending bill this week, which is expected to pass narrowly. Included in the spending bill is...
On July 22, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded nearly $100 million to over 1,980 CMS-certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) through the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Vaccine Confidence Grant Program (RHCVC) to enhance vaccine outreach efforts in...