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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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