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49th EditionJune 15, 2018

Emory in the Community

Today, Doug Hicks, Dean of Oxford College of Emory University, was the speaker at the Decatur Rotary Club. He was introduced by Oxford alum Art Vinson, one of several Decatur Rotarians who attended Oxford and Emory. Emory trustee Neal Purcell was a guest and visiting Rotarian from the Atlanta club. Dean Hicks is pictured here with Decatur Rotary President Betty Willis, Emory’s Senior Associate VP for Government and Community Affairs.

State Update

Kaiser Permanente and Emory Healthcare have announced a new collaboration for integrated care. The OGCA team has received favorable feedback from our elected officials. We look forward to working closely with the Kaiser government relations team in the months ahead.

http://news.emory.edu/stories/2018/06/kaiser_emory_announcement/

Federal Update

Higher Education Reauthorization

The past few weeks have cast doubt on whether Congress can reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) in 2018. House Education and Workforce Chair, Virginia Foxx (R-NC), has attempted to advance a floor vote on the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act, or the PROSPER Act. Despite a series of roundtables and colleague meetings, Chairwoman Foxx has been unable to secure the 218 votes needed for House passage. Over in the Senate, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has stated that the Senate is not advancing HEA legislation this year. He hopes to try again next year. Emory has concerns about the PROSPER Act, and we are pleased that several delegation members have shared our concerns with leadership. 

Due to the congressional stalemate, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is taking a more active role in the regulatory process. She has proposed a regulatory agenda that seeks to change eligibility requirements and define “credit hours” for college classes. The OCGA team is closely monitoring these changes along with our colleagues at NAICU and AAU.

Immigration

House Republicans have announced that they will bring a pair of immigration bills to the floor for a vote the week of June 18. The announcement defuses, for now, a rebellion from centrist Republicans who had sought to use a discharge petition to force a vote on four immigration bills against the wishes of Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and GOP leadership. The House will vote on one immigration bill authored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and a separate compromise bill. The Goodlatte bill is almost certain to fail; and the compromise bill has been criticized by President Trump. Senate action remains uncertain. Like the rest of higher education, Emory continues to monitor provisions related to the Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) program.

FY2019 Appropriations

Today, the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee passed its fiscal year 2019 funding bill. The bill includes good and bad news: $38.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health, an additional $1.25 billion over the FY18 level; and a cut of $663 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compared to FY2018. Senate Appropriations action will occur later this month. Emory will continue to advocate for programs important to our mission.

The committee summary can be found here: https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395353

Advocates on the HIll

Melissa (Moose) Alperin, Director of the Region IV Public Health Training Center and Director of the Rollins School of Public Health Executive MPH program, visited Capitol Hill on June 12th. Moose was in DC to educate our congressional offices about the important and vital work that public health does every day to keep our communities healthy. She shared the exciting news that the renewal of the Public Health Training Center program had been approved. She also updated the Georgia delegation about public health workforce trainings and field placements conducted by Emory and the Region IV Public Health Training Center. Moose is pictured above (on the right) with Laney Copeland of U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall’s (R-GA) office. Thank you for your advocacy!

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