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    June 3, 2020 
     

    The Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman 
    Senate Committee on Appropriations
    Room S-128, The Capitol
    Washington, DC 20510
     
    The Honorable Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman
    Senate Committee on Appropriations
    Room S-146A, The Capitol
    Washington, DC 20510
     
    The Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman 
    Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
    Senate Committee on Appropriations
    131 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510
    The Honorable Patty Murray, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
    Senate Committee on Appropriations
    156 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510

     


    Dear Chairman Shelby, Vice Chairman Leahy, Chairman Blunt, and Ranking Member Murray,

    On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to reject the inclusion of outdated rider language in the Fiscal Year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bills that prohibits the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from spending any federal dollars to promulgate or adopt a national unique patient identifier (UPI).
     

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