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July 11, 2019
The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Language Access in the Section 1557 Regulations
Mara Youdelman Webinar
Featuring presenters from the National Health Law Program and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, this webinar recording details the proposed changes affecting language access to regulations implementing Section 1557, the ACA’s nondiscrimination provision. Presenters also discuss how the public can provide their feedback to the proposed…
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June 21, 2019
Comments to OMB on Proposal to Change Poverty Measure
Mara Youdelman Comments
The National Health Law Program submitted comments urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reject a proposal that would lower the federal poverty line. For the last several decades, OMB has used the Consumer Price Index-Urban inflation measure to update the Official Poverty Measure each year. Yet,…
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April 29, 2019
Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care
Mara Youdelman Manual/Report
About Language Access: With growing concerns about racial, ethnic, and language disparities in health care and the need for the health care systems to accommodate increasingly diverse patient populations, language access is a matter of national importance. High quality language access services allow individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP)…
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February 6, 2019
State and Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Doula Care
Amy Chen and Dhara Patel Fact Sheet
Dhara Patel, an intern at the National Health Law Program, and Amy Chen, a senior attorney, provide a summary of major state and federal legislation introduced or enacted within the past 10 years that included funding for doula services, which is patient-centered care that is vital to combatting the…
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January 31, 2019
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Elizabeth McCaman Issue Brief, Manual/Report
Contraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered at no cost in all health plans. Why is it important? Because of the critical role that family planning plays in improving health outcomes and economic security, and because of the historically inadequate coverage…
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January 30, 2019
Health Care Advocates’ Vision for Transforming Access to Medi-Cal Mental Health Care
Kimberly Lewis Letter
The National Health Law Program and seven public interest health care advocates in California in a Jan. 30 letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed their interest in working with him to "ensure that Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal as well as those in local Mental Health Services Act-funded programs have…
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The Trump Administration’s Proposed Changes to Language Access in the Section 1557 Regulations

Comments to OMB on Proposal to Change Poverty Measure

Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care

State and Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Doula Care

Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

Health Care Advocates’ Vision for Transforming Access to Medi-Cal Mental Health Care