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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, FY 2008 Funding

			Related Resources Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Friends of AHRQ Friends of AHRQ June 6 Letter to Appropriators H.R. 5647 S. 3708 P.L. 109-149 AHRQ National Reports on Healthcare Quality and Disparities AAMC Documents FY 2008 AHRQ Appropriations Table FY 2007 AHRQ Appropriations Table FY 2006 AHRQ Appropriations Table AAMC Press Release on President's FY 2007 Budget

Current Status

FY 2008
On July 18, the House of Representatives approved, 276-140, its FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the spending bill on June 21. Both bills provide $329.6 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which is a $10.6 million (3.3 percent) increase above FY 2007. $30 million is allocated for clinical effectiveness research, a $15 million increase above last year, while patient safety research is cut by $5.1 million to $79.0 million for FY 2008. Both bills fund AHRQ through a direct appropriation, rather than transfers from other agencies, which is how the agency was funded in FY 2007 and in the President's propsoed FY 2008 budget.

FY 2007

On February 15, President Bush signed a spending package (H.J. Res 20) to fund much of the federal government for the remainder of FY 2007. The FY 2007 funding resolution maintains funding for AHRQ at the FY 2006 level of $319 million.

AAMC Activity

As part of the Friends, the AAMC participates in Hill visits, meetings with the agency, briefings, and sign onto letters to Congress. The AAMC signed Friends of AHRQ letters dated March 15 to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members, requesting $350 million for the agency in FY 2008.

Contacts

Tannaz Rasouli, Legislative Analyst
AAMC Government Relations
trasouli@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525