Office of Legislation

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The Office of Legislation is the component of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responsible for managing the agency’s relationships with Congress and overseeing legislative policy and communications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf office
organizational unit
affiliatedWith Children’s Health Insurance Program NERFINISHED
Medicaid program NERFINISHED
Medicare program NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork Medicaid policy
Medicare policy
federal health insurance programs
health policy
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States
hasRole manages CMS relationships with Congress
oversees legislative communications for CMS
oversees legislative policy for CMS
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
language English
locatedIn Baltimore, Maryland (CMS headquarters) NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C. (congressional liaison activities)
mission to manage CMS’s relationships with Congress and oversee legislative policy and communications
parentOrganization Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NERFINISHED
partOf Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NERFINISHED
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED
responsibleFor briefing members of Congress and staff on CMS programs
communicating CMS policy positions to Congress
congressional relations for CMS
coordinating CMS legislative proposals
coordinating CMS responses to congressional inquiries
coordinating CMS testimony before Congress
legislative correspondence with Congress
legislative outreach for CMS
legislative reports to Congress
legislative strategy for CMS
monitoring federal health care legislation
preparing CMS witnesses for congressional hearings
supporting development of CHIP-related legislation
supporting development of Medicaid legislation
supporting development of Medicare legislation
sector public sector
website https://www.cms.gov
worksWith United States Congress NERFINISHED
congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care
congressional staff

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CMS hasPart Office of Legislation
subject surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services