Testimony, Comments and Briefs

2013 Comments

• APHA comments to the Internal Revenue Service on the proposed rule outlining Community Health Needs Assessment standards (July 3)

• Health organization comments to the U.S. EPA regarding the proposed Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards Program (July 1)

• APHA comments to U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program (June 4)

• APHA comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the proposed rule on standards for Navigators and non-Navigator assistance personnel (May 6)
• APHA comment to the Joint Commission on including work history an element of performance in primary medical home standards (April 18) 
• APHA comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrion Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (April 9) 

• APHA comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the notice of proposed rulemaking on insurer and employer coverage of contraceptive services (April 8)
• Health organizations comments to Food and Drug Administration on changes to the current statutory warning on smokeless tobacco products (April 1)
• APHA comments to the Internal Revenue Service on the proposed rule: Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (March 18)
• APHA comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the draft "streamlined" application for the Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (Feb. 26)
• Health organizations comments to CMS in support of Medicaid coverage of preventive services "recommended by a physician or other licensed practitioner" (Feb. 21)
• APHA comments to the Employee Benefits Security Administration on the proposed rule: Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (Jan. 24)

2013 Briefs

• Public health and reproductive rights organizations brief in support of HHS contraceptive rule (March 22)
• Reproductive rights and health organizations amicus brief in support of health insurance that covers access to contraception without cost sharing (March 21)
• Health and reproductive rights organizations amicus brief in support of the Health and Human Services contraceptive rule (March 8)
• Public health and environmental organizations brief in support of EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standard for Power Plants (Feb. 21)