At press time, the House of Representatives appears poised to pass H.R. 4502, the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill [1]. Report language accompanying the bill would direct $5 million, sought by the PCC, to the Center for Primary Care Research at the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ).
In April, the PCC had urged congressional appropriators to fund the center, first authorized in 1999 but never actually funded.
Story Date:
July 30, 2021