Representatives Grill Shuren, Advance SOFTWARE Act
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s SOFTWARE Act advanced to the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee Nov. 19, where representatives grilled CDRH Director Jeffrey Shuren on health information technology regulation.
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