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January 31, 2023
Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice
Madeline Morcelle Article
This article appeared in Volume 48, Issue 2–3 of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, North America’s leading health law journal devoted exclusively to the analysis of issues at the nexus of law and medicine. In this article, NHeLP Staff Attorney Madeline T. Morcelle provides an account of…
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October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor Guide, NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Updated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates seeking to expand contraceptive coverage. The paper concludes with an issue brief explaining the provisions within the Model Contraceptive Equity Act and how they advance equitable access to contraceptive services…
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September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor Guide, Fact Sheet, NHeLP Matters, Health Advocate, Consumer Brochure
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive access in their communities. NHeLP has created a checklist of considerations for enshrining contraception rights into state law, based on a range of model access policies. The policy considerations span…
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May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen Guide, NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly under state law. Public health research supports making a variety of reproductive and sexual health medications available through APPs. There are two primary state policy levers that impact access to…
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May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly under state law. Public health research supports making a variety of services available through APPs. There are two primary state policy levers that impact Medicaid enrollees’ access to advanced practice…
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April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat Duffy Comments
The Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history of forcibly sterilizing low-income people. BIPOC communities, immigrants, people in detention facilities, and people with disabilities were especially targeted to advance eugenics principles. In comments to the Department of Health…
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Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice

Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care

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Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice

Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session

Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications

Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care

National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form