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The Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act is standard legislation that would reauthorize federal health programs focused on addressing tick-borne infectious diseases. The bill has been approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and is now eligible for a floor vote in the Senate. If enacted, this legislation would likely continue or expand federal funding for research, surveillance, and prevention programs related to tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and other parasitic infections transmitted by ticks. The reauthorization would provide the legal framework and funding necessary for federal health agencies to maintain and potentially enhance their efforts in this public health area.
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Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 30, 2025
Jul 30, 2025 · 14:00
On July 30, 2025, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a business meeting to consider six bipartisan bills. The committee advanced all six measures, which address a range of policy areas including drug regulation, military benefits, disease prevention, rural health care, and employee ownership. The bills considered included S.2292, which revises and extends the user fee program for over-the-counter monograph drugs through fiscal year 2030; S.1440, which extends military leave benefits to Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers to achieve parity with other uniformed services; S.2398, which reauthorizes programs addressing tick-borne and vector-borne diseases through 2030; S.2301, which reauthorizes rural health care grant programs through 2030; S.1728, which adds employee ownership representatives to the ERISA Advisory Council and establishes an Office of Employee Ownership within the Department of Labor; and S.2403, which clarifies valuation standards for employee stock ownership plans by allowing fiduciaries to rely on independent appraisals using established IRS methodology. The committee voted unanimously or near-unanimously to advance all bills. Committee Chair Bill Cassidy emphasized that the legislation represented bipartisan efforts to strengthen Americans' access to quality health care and retirement benefits. The bills now await consideration by the full Senate, though passage of a committee bill does not guarantee it will advance further in the legislative process.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 8, 2025
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 8, 2025
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 30, 2025
Jul 30, 2025 · 14:00
On July 30, 2025, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a business meeting to consider six bipartisan bills. The committee advanced all six measures, which address a range of policy areas including drug regulation, military benefits, disease prevention, rural health care, and employee ownership. The bills considered included S.2292, which revises and extends the user fee program for over-the-counter monograph drugs through fiscal year 2030; S.1440, which extends military leave benefits to Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers to achieve parity with other uniformed services; S.2398, which reauthorizes programs addressing tick-borne and vector-borne diseases through 2030; S.2301, which reauthorizes rural health care grant programs through 2030; S.1728, which adds employee ownership representatives to the ERISA Advisory Council and establishes an Office of Employee Ownership within the Department of Labor; and S.2403, which clarifies valuation standards for employee stock ownership plans by allowing fiduciaries to rely on independent appraisals using established IRS methodology. The committee voted unanimously or near-unanimously to advance all bills. Committee Chair Bill Cassidy emphasized that the legislation represented bipartisan efforts to strengthen Americans' access to quality health care and retirement benefits. The bills now await consideration by the full Senate, though passage of a committee bill does not guarantee it will advance further in the legislative process.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 8, 2025
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 8, 2025
