WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas), introduced the Telehealth Improvement for Kids’ Essential Services (TIKES) Act of 2020. The bill would provide guidance and strategies to states on effectively integrating telehealth into their Medicaid program and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), review the impact of telehealth on patient health and encourage better collaboration. “The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed for us to make rapid progress on expanding access to telehealth so children and families across the coun... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – After Speaker Pelosi once again provided text for a bill over 2,000 pages and filled with a wish list of partisan demands, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), a member of the House Rules Committee and Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, released the following statement on H.R. 925 - America’s Conservation Enhancement Act. "The American people are looking to Congress to provide leadership and relief during this pandemic. Instead of putting forward legislation that will do just that, Speaker Pelosi shoved a partisan agenda throug... Read More »
Washington, D.C. -- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed 16 bipartisan health bills from the Energy and Commerce Committee. Last week, the House passed ten bipartisan bills from the Health Subcommittee. “As the pandemic continues to worsen Americans’ mental health, we’re glad to advance more mental health and suicide prevention legislation. We are particularly proud to address mental health for school children as this pandemic has changed th... Read More »
by Eric Wicklund October 01, 2020 - A new bill before Congress aims to improve telehealth coverage for children through state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services. The Telehealth Improvement for Kids’ Essential Services (TIKES) Act of 2020, introduced this week by US Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX), would “provide guidance and strategies” to help states integrate telehealth in Medicaid and CHIP programs and mandate telehealth studies from both the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Com... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), a member of the House Rules Committee and Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, released the following statement after the House passed the Helping MOMS Act of 2019 and the BIG Act. “It is encouraging that Congress put the welfare of our communities first today by passing both the Helping MOMS and the BIG Act,” said Burgess. "Having spent nearly three decades as an OB/GYN, I believe it should be a national goal to eliminate all preventable maternal mortality – even a single maternal death is to... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), a member of the House Rules Committee and Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, released the following statement after both the Consumer Safety Technology Act and his Advancing 3D Printing Act as part of the American COMPETE Act passed the House. "This pandemic has shown us the importance on being ahead of the technology curve,” said Burgess. “We have seen how 3D printing can quickly produce much needed resources for front line workers. In addition, the National Institute of Standards and Techn... Read More »
September 30, 2020 Dear Friends, The Department of Health and Human Services announced five agreements with health information exchange organizations to improve interoperability of state and local public health agencies in their pandemic response. The Texas Health Services Authority was one of the health information organizations awarded. The funds will be used to conduct a proof-of-concept program to demonstrate real-time, automated exchange of hospital capacity and other situational awareness data. This investment in interoperability is a 21st century response to this pandemic that will pro... Read More »
by Brandi Vincent and Mariam Baksh A batch of bills aimed at improving the cybersecurity and reliability of the energy sector and informing the United States’ use of emerging technologies, such as blockchain and quantum computing, passed the House Tuesday and now head to the Senate for consideration. Here’s a rundown on what the bills do. Grid Security Research and Development Act With this bill, Reps. Ami Bera, D-Calif. and Randall Weber, R-Texas, propose that Congress put over $800 million within the next five years toward developing tools and resources to strengthen the cybersecurity and re... Read More »
Congressman Michael Burgess joined the WBAP Morning News to fill us in on what Congress is working on while the world is focused on Election 2020. Published here. Read More »
Rep. Pressley: "Our nation’s maternal mortality crisis has robbed us of Black mothers at nearly four times the rate of white mothers. The maternal mortality crisis is a racial justice issue and must be treated as the urgent epidemic that it is." Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) released the following statement on the House passage of H.R. 4996, the Helping MOMS Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing and ending America’s growing maternal mortality crisis. The bill, which is sponsored by Congresswoman Pressley, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (... Read More »
