The president signed the Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education appropriations bill as part of a broader appropriations package (P.L. 119-75). This brief summarizes funding and policy provisions in the bill that affect health programs. The information in this brief is from legislative text, the accompanying joint explanatory statement (JES), and the House and Senate reports referenced therein.
This brief focuses primarily on discretionary programs, including some that also receive mandatory funding. Details on mandatory funding—which is governed by authorizing statute—are included in FFIS’s Appropriations Tracker and covered more fully in Budget Brief 26-05, which describes mandatory HHS funding extensions and Medicaid changes in the budget agreement. Funding for mandatory programs is not set in annual appropriation bills.