These provisions included in the ACA were originally in the Congenital Heart Futures Act (H.R. 1570/S.621, 111th Congress), which garnered bipartisan support in both the House and Senate and was championed by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Thad Cochran (R-MS).
Cochran was instrumental in promoting the Congenital Heart Futures Act within the ACA.
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