Lawmakers have until the end of Dec. 23 to clear the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill or federal funds are set to run out, bringing key agencies and programs to a halt.
In the bill text released Dec. 20, HHS gets $120.7 billion earmarked for total spending in fiscal year 2023, which is an increase of $9.9 billion — or 8.93 percent — from fiscal year 2022.
As part of the $120.7 billion, funds are further earmarked for agencies, offices or causes. They are listed here in descending order by dollar amount, along with their percent change from fiscal year 2022, based on a breakdown provided by the American Hospital Association.
- National Institutes of Health — $47.5 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion (+5.6 percent)
- Health Resources and Services Administration — $9.7 billion, an increase of $852 million (+9.6 percent)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — $9.2 billion, an increase of $760 million (+9 percent)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — $7.5 billion, an increase of $970 million (+14.9 percent)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — $4.1 billion, an increase of $100 million (+2.5 percent)
- Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response — $3.3 billion, an increase of $560 million (+20.4 percent)
- Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health — $1.5 billion for the second year of the agency within NIH to target breakthroughs for diseases including Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer
- Office of Minority Health — $74.8 million, an increase of $10 million (+15.4 percent)
- Maternal Health — $324 million, an increase of $120 million, for HRSA, CDC and NIH initiatives aimed at improving maternal health outcomes (+58.8 percent)
Outside of HHS, the bill allocates $134.7 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs, with $118.7 billion — a 22 percent increase — earmarked for medical care specifically.
