CRS report R44460 on Zika response funding

… <p>Title I of Division B appropriates $933.0 million for HHS. Title II of Division B appropriates $175.1 million for the Department of State and USAID. Both amounts (and, therefore, the total) are identical to the funding levels in the conference report that accompanied H.R. 2577, though there are some differences in how these funds may be used.</p> <p>For instance, Division B provides $75 million to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to reimburse Zika-related health care costs that are not otherwise covered by private insurance plans. This provision does not specify or limit the types of providers that may receive reimbursement. These funds are to be provided to states, territories, Indian Tribes, or Tribal Organizations with CDC-confirmed cases of the Zika virus or in locations where the CDC confirms that there is local transmission of the virus. Of the $75 million, not less than $60 million is to be reserved for territories with the highest rates of Zika transmission.^{<a href="#fn18" name="ifn18">18</a>}</p> <p>Provisions in Division B are subject to the same requirements for funds that applied to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including applicable prohibitions on the use of funds for abortions.^{<a href="#fn19" name="ifn19">19</a>}</p> …