Hearing on “Examining Legislation to Improve Health Care and Treatment,” Subcommittee on Health (December 9, 2015)

Date:

Wed, 12/09/2015 - 10:00 AM

Location:

2322 Rayburn House Office Building

The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was entitled “Examining Legislation to Improve Health Care and Treatment.”

Witnesses

H.R. 921, Sports Medicine Licensure Act of 2015

H.R. 4152, Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2015

H.R. 3441, Accurate Education for Prenatal Screenings

H.R. 1209, Improving Access to Maternity Care

H.R. 2713, Title VII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act

H.R. 4153, Educating to Prevent Eating Disorders Act of 2015

Webcast

Key Documents

Memorandum from Ranking Member Pallone to the Subcommittee on Health

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Pallone, as prepared for delivery

Opening Statement of Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Green, as prepared for delivery

Preliminary Transcript

Meeting Documents

Witnesses

Chad Asplund, MD, MPH, FACSM

Director, Athletic Medicine and Head Team Physician

Georgia Southern University

Testimony

Jonathan Reiner, MD

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

George Washington University Hospital

Testimony

Anthony R. Gregg, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

University of Florida Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Testimony

Ginger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, APRN, FACNM

President

American College of Nurse Midwives

Testimony

Deborah E. Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN

President and CEO

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Testimony

Ovidio Bermudez, MD, FAAP, FSAHM, FAEd, F.iaedp, CEDS

Chief Clinical Officer and Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Services

Eating Recovery Center

Senior Board Advisor, National Eating Disorders Association

Testimony

Subcommittees

Health (114th Congress)

Issues:Health