850 formally submitted comments. In december of 2015, the working Group Released a comprehensive document. In october of last year we issued a legislative discussion draft. Soon after that we finalized four of our policy proposals in its 2017 medicare physician fee schedule rule, and twon provisions from our discussion draft where included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. In other words, sefrlt working groups policies have already been enacted and were working to get rest signed into law fully implemented. Toward that end, we introduce the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working groups proposals in april. The legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous organizations in the Healthcare Community. Today, is the latest step in our in our efforts. The next step will come later this week, as weve noticed a markup for thursday morning. I want to thank my collea
Bipartisan working group. To work on legislation to dress these issues. That working group spent many months listening to stakeholders. In october last year we issued a draft. Soon after that, weve finalized a fee schedule role and two provisions from our discussion draft were included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. Several of the working Group Policies have already been enacted and we are working to get the rest signed into law. Toward that end, we introduced the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working group puzzles in april. Legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous entities in the health your community. Today is the latest step in our efforts. The next step will come later ais week, as we noticed marked up for thursday morning. I want to thank my colleague, ranking senator wyden for his matter. This his work has been a driving force behind this ef
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