March 27, 2009

Funding Levels for FY 2009 are Finalized

On March 11, President Obama signed the omnibus appropriations for FY 2009 (H.R. 1105), which provides increased funding for most HHS agencies. AHRQ will receive $372 million-a $38 million increase-including $50 million for comparative effectiveness research and $13 million for investigator initiated research. NCHS will receive $124.7 million, an increase of $11 million.

The bill text and joint explanatory statement are available at: www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_omni2009.htm or thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.01105

HHS is funded at $77.2 billion in discretionary spending, + $6.1 billion (9 percent) above the FY 2008 Enacted level.

A funding chart tracking the federal funding of health services research is available chsr.org/fundingchart.htm