FY 2010 HHS Appropriations Bill Signed into Law
On December 16, 2009, President Obama signed into law the conference report to accompany the Consolidated Appropriations Act, H.R. 3288, an omnibus spending bill that combines six of seven unfinished appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY) 2010, including the appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other things, the bill includes increased funding for anti-fraud efforts, combating hospital-acquired conditions, nursing home and medical facilities inspections, health care workforce training, and Public Health Service and National Institutes of Health initiatives.
