Rural Health Policy Update

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...

Rural Policy Update

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...

Rural Policy Update

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...

Rural Policy Update

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...