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Legislative Guidelines

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Legislative Guidelines

Effective advocacy strategies can help create, reform and ensure policies important to your hospital and the health care industry are implemented. These tools provide guidelines as well as advice for successfully discussing problems directly with policy makers, delivering messages to representatives, and strengthening your impact when it matters most. 

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Letter Writing Techniques

Personal letters are the basic tool for contacting legislators at critical stages of the legislative process. Letters are used to directly express your views on a given issue. Emails and faxes are particularly useful when timing becomes crucial on the action of a bill. When writing to a lawmaker about a legislative issue, the following guidelines will make your letters more effective.

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Addressing a Public Official

You may want to write a letter to your Congressman or speak at your local City Council meeting. In the tradition of U.S. politics, there are some general rules for addressing government officials.

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Organizing Your Advocacy Efforts

HASC has successfully implemented several strategies to influence, raise awareness and educate federal and state decision-makers on key health care-related issues. This information offers some basic guidance for getting started and establishing an organized advocacy effort for your facility.

For more information, contact:
Margaret O'Donnell
(213) 538-0721
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Briefs Focus

Step-by-Step Guide to Legislative Visits

Legislative visits are a powerful way to communicate your position directly to decision-makers. It’s an opportunity to provide new information and help lawmakers to make the connection between who you are and what you need.