ASSOCIATION FOR DIAGNOSTICS & LABORATORY MEDICINE (FORMERLY AACC)

MED · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

* ADLM wrote letters to HHS Secretary Kennedy separately, and jointly, urging the reinstatement of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee * ADLM wrote letters to HHS Secretary Kennedy separately, and jointly, urging the reinstatement of the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children * ADLM joined with other healthcare groups in urging HHS Secretary Kennedy to not appeal a federal court decision in ACLA vs FDA that ruled the agency did not have statutory authority over laboratory developed tests

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

* ADLM joined with other healthcare groups in writing to House and Senate Labor HHS subcommittee leaders urging that Congress appropriate $155 million for improving the CDC public health data network *ADLM joined with other healthcare groups in writing to House and Senate Labor HHS subcommittee leaders urging that Congress not approve proposed administration cuts in the HHS research, scientific, and health budgets *ADLM joined with other healthcare groups in writing to House and Senate Labor HHS subcommittee leaders urging that it appropriate $220 million in the FY26 budget for the National Center for Health Statistics * ADLM joined with other healthcare groups in writing to House and Senate Labor HHS subcommittee leaders urging Congress to appropriate $11.581 billion for CDC in the FY26 budget * ADLM joined with other healthcare groups in writing to House and Senate Labor HHS subcommittee leaders urging Congress to appropriate an additional $7.2 million in the FY26 CDC budget for harmonizing clinical laboratory test results * ADLM met with House and Senate congressional staff seeking support for including $10 million in the FY26 CDC budget to improve pediatric reference intervals