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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.

Introduced May 1, 2025

Latest action (May 1, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2740)

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Healthcare

Summary

This Senate resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a notice issued on March 3, 2025, that would reduce public notice and comment opportunities for rulemaking. The resolution calls for the Secretary to affirm rulemaking practices as in effect on February 27, 2025, which include public participation in the regulatory process. The resolution emphasizes that public participation in rulemaking is essential to fair and sound policy development and that the Department of Health and Human Services has successfully followed Administrative Procedure Act notice and comment procedures for 54 years.

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Sponsor (1)
18 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. May 1, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2740) · senate
  2. May 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 1, 2025

Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. King, Mr. Welch, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Warner) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.

Whereas public participation in the regulatory process is essential to the formulation of fair and sound policy; Whereas open rulemaking mitigates the possibility of arbitrary, harmful, and ill-advised rulemaking; Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has successfully adhered to Administrative Procedure Act notice and comment period procedures for 54 years; Whereas the daily lives of millions of Americans are profoundly affected by the regulations that are issued by the Department of Health and Human Services; and Whereas it is critical that program beneficiaries, State and local governments, human services providers, and organizations continue to be afforded the opportunity for input whenever Health and Human Services regulatory changes are proposed: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw the notice published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 11029) that would reduce public notice and comment opportunities, and affirm practices as in effect on February 27, 2025, which involve the public in rulemaking procedures. <all>

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