Advocacy A Trip to the Capitol 02.24.2012

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Advocacy Morning Report

Friday February 24th, 2012


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What is advocacy?

Community pediatrics- a perspective that

enlarges the pediatricians focus from one

child to all children in the community From Current Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics 20th ed.


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How does one advocate?

We will focus on the policy level but there are

many other ways to advocate for kids


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Trip to the Capitol


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Lets Review

House 75 members, Senate 29 members

Bill can begin either chamber

Bill introduction = first reading Rules committee

Then to standing committee (assigned by

House Speaker or Senate President)


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And some more review

2nd reading in House is acceptance of standing

committee report

2nd

reading in Senate is a debate and vote If passed then goes to 3rd reading

Must pass by majority (15 Senate, 38 House)

Goes to governor for veto or sign


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2012 Legislation

HB 245- Definitions of smoking

SB21- Department of Environmental Quality

Boards Revision SB41- Tanning Salons

SB111- Health amendments for legal

immigrant children SB128- Teen cell phone use while driving

Immunizations


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HB245- Definition of Smoking

Amends definition of smoking in Utah Clean

Air Act to prohibit hookah and e-cigarette use

in public places

Purpose is to protect Utahns from involuntary

exposure to second hand smoke in public

places


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Definition of e-cigarette

Definition of e-cigarette: any electronic oral

device that provides a vapor of nicotine or

other substance and which stimulates

smoking through its use or through inhalation

of the device

Includes any device that is composed of a

heating element, battery, or electronic circuitand marketed as e-cigarette et cetera.


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More on HB245

Without this bill, hookah and e-cigarettes

allowed in all indoor public places

This bill doesnt ban their use, just use inpublic places

Although there is not an overwhelming

amount of data, the data does show that

hookah and e-cigarettes are not safe


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State of this bill?

Just passed out of the House and into the

Senate

We had the opportunity of speaking withsome of the Senators about this on

Wednesday.


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SB 21- Department of Environmental

Quality Boards Revisions

This bill changes the composition of each

board created under Title 19, Environmental

Quality Code, requires specific qualifications

for a board member, subjects a board member

to certain requirements, transfers some

powers and duties from the boards to the

executive director or division directors, andgives rulemaking authority to the department


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SB21 AAP position

Loss of balance, removal of environmental

rep, physician and engineer seats optional

More environmental regulation will occur outof public view

Agency already underfunded and loss of

volunteer board members (often experts) will

be felt


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SB41- Tanning Salons

Amends Utah Health Code provisions

regulating tanning facilities

Posted warning signs about health risks Minors must have physicians order OR

Be accompanied by parent/guardian each

time who provides written consent Passed Senate and into House


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SB111-Health amendments for legal

immigrant children

This bill amends the Medical Assistance Actand the Utah Children's Health Insurance Actto provide Medicaid coverage and health

insurance coverage to a legal immigrant child,regardless of the length of time that the childhas been in the United States.

Current 5 year residency requirement to beeligible for Medicaid or CHIP

Killed in Senate Rules Committee


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SB128- Teen cell phone use while

driving

Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by

prohibiting a person younger than 18 from

using a wireless telephone while operating a

motor vehicle

Max $50 fine, not a reportable violation, no

points against driving record


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Cell phone fun facts

According to Utah Dept. Public Safety 2010crash data

Cell phone use accounts for 17.5% of the

20,885 distracted driving crashes from 2007-2010

Crashes involving cell use 1.5X as likely to have

injuries 9.7% of 15-19 yo in crash were on cellphone

comp to 0.8 % of all drivers in crash


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More cell phone facts

Study by U of U found that cell phone users

just as impaired as drunk drivers with 0.08

BAC

50% of high school students who drive admit

to talking on cell phone daily (2011 youth risk

behavior survey)


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Immunizations

Federal cutbacks in CDC 317 funds to states

As of Jan 1st underinsured children can nolonger get vaccines at medical home or local

health department

Must go to 1 of 19 federally qualified healthcenters scattered across Utah

Often very difficult for these families to get tothese places

11% of Utah kids underinsured


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Immunizations

AAP is urging lawmakers to appropriate $2.2

million in Social Services Appropriations

subcommittee budget to adequately

immunize the underinsured children

Would cost about $0.75 per citizen

One time funding for FY 2012-2013


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SB208-Health Care Compact

Joins interstate Advisory Health CareCommission to return the authority toregulate health care to the member states of

the health care compact The legislatures of the member states would

have responsibility to regulate health care intheir respective states

Interstate advisory health care commission-make recommendations to the states


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How to become involved

Know who your legislators are

www.votesmart.org

www.le.utah.gov


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Documents

Advocacy A Trip to the Capitol 02.24.2012