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NASBHC SEA OF
RED STORMS THE HILL
At Advocacy Day, held in conjunction with
the 2007 National School-Based Health Care Convention, NASBHC hosted a
celebratory rally, featuring speakers renowned in the field. Already
galvanized by the three bills currently introduced in Congress:
S.1669/HR 2870 The Healthy Schools Act of 2007 and S.600 The
School-Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2007, supporters in
bright red t-shirts advertising A Vote for School-Based Health Care is a
Vote for a Healthier America streamed onto the hill for over 160 visits
at the offices of their representatives and senators.
click here for video
click here for press release
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S.1669/H.R.2870 "Healthy Schools Act of 2007"
The “Healthy Schools Act of 2007” to
address one of our nation’s greatest public health challenges: assuring
accessible, affordable, quality health care for low income and
underserved children and adolescents. The bill, introduced by Senator
Stabenow (D-MI), along with six original co-sponsors and Representative
Townes (D-NY) provides a sustainable resource for our nation’s network
of over 1,700 school-based health centers (SBHCs) through a commonsense
approach that strengthens Medicaid and the State Children’s Health
Insurance Program.
Patrick and Jenifer Dugan of
Watertown, NY, brief Congressional staff about the impact
of SBHCs on their lives.
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Congressional Briefing on School Health Centers |
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January 31, 2007. Members of the National Assembly on
School-Based Health Care met today with Congressional staff at a series
of informational briefings to explain the role of school-based health
care and discuss new legislation that would expand the federal health
care safety net to include school-based health centers. More than
100 Senate and House offices were represented.
The theme
of the briefings, Fulfilling the Needs of Children and Families in
Crisis: SBHCs as Frontline Responders, focused on how school
based health centers help students and their families in times of
crisis, such as a sudden natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina, an
emerging public health epidemic like childhood obesity, or a rise in the
number of children living on military bases with a parent at war.
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S. 600 SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINIC ESTABLISHMENT ACT of 2007
The School-Based Health Clinic
Establishment Act would authorize a grant-based program for the
operation and development of SBHCs, which provide comprehensive and
accessible primary health care services to medically underserved
children youth and families; improve the physical health, the emotional
well-being and academic performance of such populations; and work in
collaboration with schools to integrate health into the overall school
environment.
Information on Senate Bill 600
Contact your Senators and
urge them to
co-sponsor S. 600
Click for some talking points and
materials to make the call
Click to see if your Senator has
co-sponsored S. 600
Four actions to get federal lawmakers' attention!
Learn how you can get involved and make a difference.
Click here
Click here to find out how to contact your Senator.
S. 600 SENATE CO-SPONSORS
Original Sponsors
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Dodd (D-CT) |
Kennedy (D-MA) |
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Smith (R-OR) |
Snowe (R- ME) |
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Bingaman (D-NM) |
Vitter (R-LA) |
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Collins (R-ME) |
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Additional Co-Sponsors
(as of May 21, 2007)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Durbin (D-IL)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
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