Congress took important action on pandemic preparedness last week, advancing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) reauthorization bills in both the Senate and the House ahead of its expiration on September 30th. CBSA met with and sent letters to the Colorado Congressional Delegation regarding concerns with the “reasonable pricing” clause proposed in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee’s discussion draft, which would have negatively impacted public-private partnerships at BARDA and the CDC, so we were pleased to learn that those provisions were not included in the mark-up that advanced. CBSA, however, was disappointed to see that the PASTEUR Act, which CBSA has urged Congress to pass, was not included in the PAHPA reauthorization mark-ups.
The Current PAHPA
PAHPA put in place measures to ensure the United States is prepared for future pandemics, biothreats, and other public health emergencies. The current PAHPA must be reauthorized…
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