Health Law Section
Policy Review and Coordination Committee
Charter: The mission of the Policy Review and Coordination Committee is to assist the Health Law Section Council, the Section Representatives to the House of Delegates and the Section’s Interest Groups in reviewing and coordinating proposed internal and external policy initiatives in order that the Section may effectively represent the interests of its members in interactions with the ABA House of Delegates and Board of Governors, federal and state governmental authorities and other constituencies and stakeholders. In carrying out such mission, the Committee will coordinate closely with the Section’s Governmental Relations Committee, its ABA Relations Committee, its Task Force on Access to Healthcare, and such other groups as the Section Chair or the Council may designate from time to time.
The specific functions of the Committee will include the following:
- Reviewing proposed actions of the House of Delegates and, as applicable, the Board of Governors having implications for the Section and its areas of focus and advising the Section’s Delegates and Council thereon.
- Reviewing and advising the Council on requests for blanket authority relating to the Section’s area of focus, and assisting in the development of Section-initiated requests for blanket authority.
- Assisting the Section’s Interest Groups in the development of government submissions, including advising the Interest Groups on coordination with other Interest Groups and ABA components.
- Assisting as requested by the Chair or the Council in the development of Section-initiated Reports and Recommendations to the House of Delegates.
- Acting as a liaison with applicable Section Committees and Task Forces, the Governmental Relations Committee, and the ABA Relations Committee to help ensure the coordination of policy initiatives.
Committee
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Government Submissions
August 1, 2009
- Report & Recommendation on Access to Health Care

- Report & Recommendation on Conflicts of Interests in Human Clinical Trails

April 30, 2009
August 11, 2008
July 16, 2008
October 4, 2007
August 2007
- Report & Recommendation on Medical Legal Partnerships

- Report & Recommendation on Emergency Care System and Hospital Emergency Departments

For an archive of past submissions, please click here.
Additional Resources
- Baucus (D-MT) introduces healthcare reform legislation, America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
- 06/17/2009: Baucus, Conrad propose bill with focus on "clinical effectiveness" | Text of bill

- 05/20/2009: Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options

- 05/14/2009: Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans

- 05/12/2009: Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform

- 04/29/2009: Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs

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