December: Federal Funding Update
December 20, 2024
On Dec. 20, 2024, the House of Representatives and Senate approved, by bipartisan vote, a short-term continuing resolution funding the federal government through Mar. 14, 2025. President Biden subsequently signed the bill into law.
The full text of the bill can be reviewed here.
Other public health provisions in the bill include extending of a number of programs through Mar. 31, 2025, including:
- Community health centers
- National Health Service Corps and teaching health centers that operate general medical education (GME) programs
- Special diabetes program
- Some of the authorities of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)
- Unfortunately, this bill did not include provisions to reauthorize HPP, PHEP or other public health programs, which will need to be reauthorized in the new Congress.
- Some telehealth flexibilities
- Sexual risk avoidance education program
- Personal responsibility education programFunding for family-to-family information centers through Apr. 1, 2025