COVID-19 Spurs Passage of Landmark Spending Bills With the spread of COVID-19 throughout the United States, Congress passed and the President signed into law three major funding bills addressing the COVID-19 crisis. Below is a look at the three bills and a preview of...
Last month, NOSORH and 22 State Offices of Rural Health attended the National Rural Health Association’s Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. “NRHA did a great job of bringing together policymakers and rural stakeholders in a jam-packed week focused on rural health,”...
Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Become Law During the final legislative week of December 2019, Congress passed and the President signed into law, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 HHS Appropriations bill. Congress appropriated the State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) Grant...
Passage of Stopgap Shutdowns Potential Midnight Shutdown On November 21, President Trump signed a continuing resolution bill funding the government through December 20, 2019. This stopgap measure provided Congress four additional weeks to reach an agreement on a...
Action Needed for SORH Appropriation NOSORH is asking State Offices to contact their Senate members and request that House and Senate conferees agree to the House appropriated and Congressional authorized number for the SORH. In 2018, Congress passed and the...