MLP Capitol Hill Day

On March 24, 2010, medical-legal partnership teams will meet with members of Congress and staff to educate them about MLP and its positive impact on vulnerable populations in communities across the United States.

 

MLP Capitol Hill Day Agenda

10am-10:30am
Registration and breakfast
Sheraton Crystal City Hotel

10:30am-12pm
Training with government relations and public affairs experts
Sheraton Crystal City Hotel

12pm-1pm
Lunch and travel

1pm-5pm
Meetings with members of Congress and their staff
Capitol Hill

 

Resources

Click here for a one-pager on the national impact of MLPs.

The National Center for MLP recommends that MLP teams connect with their health institutions' government relations offices to inform them about any policy-related activity. Click here for a short primer on how to effectively engage your government relations office in the policy process.

A complete list of MLP sites participating in Capitol Hill Day is available here.

Federal Demonstration Project Language

Medical-Legal Partnership & Health Care Reform -- A Major Leap Forward!
We are thrilled to report that, thanks to the wonderful leadership of Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the House healthcare reform bill includes Section 2537, which calls for a federal demonstration project for medical-legal partnership. We salute the MLPs in many districts, especially Connecticut and Michigan, for their intrepid efforts to respond to inquiries about their wonderful work, which was pivotal to rallying legislative support.

While we recognize that the prohibitions in the language may pose challenges for both medical and legal partners, we are deeply committed to the hard work necessary to bring about a federal investment in medical-legal partnerships across the country. We look forward to sharing the status and analysis of this new opportunity with you in the coming days, weeks and months, as well as how you can support this effort.

The embrace of medical-legal partnership at this level is a testament to the incredibly hard work that is being done in communities throughout the country. Your innovation, dedication and vision has been crucial to expanding the impact, visibility and potential for this model. Congratulations! Please contact NCMLP Executive Director Ellen Lawton at Ellen.Lawton@bmc.org if you have any questions or suggestions. We are eager to hear from you!

Catch up on the Latest Developments

The National Center hosted a webinar on Wednesday, February 10th at 2pm-3pm EST to discuss Capitol Hill Day preparation, agenda and logistics. Click here to download the presentation slides. The full webinar with audio will be available in the MLP Resource Library shortly.

The National Center also hosted a webinar on January 28th to update Network members on the status of the MLP federal demonstration project language currently in the House healthcare reform bill. If you missed the webinar, you can watch it online.