Senate FDA Budget Bill Mandates $1 Mil. For Reprocessing Oversight
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A Democratic amendment contained in the Senate agriculture appropriations bill (S 1233) for fiscal year 2000 directs FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health to allocate $1 mil. of its budget for overseeing the practice of medical device reprocessing. The legislation cleared the chamber by voice vote on Aug. 4.
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