Alliance Legislative Briefs

Information for employers on legislative activity related to The Alliance's Health Policy Platform. You can find the latest information related to the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA) here.

• Summary of the Obama plan and legislative timeline (March 12, 2010)
  
  
• Facility fees: Fees charged when the clinician delivering the service does not own the building within which care is delivered. Read more about facility fees.
  • Read President and CEO Cheryl DeMars’ testimony on this bill before the Assembly Public Health Committee.
    
    
• The Alliance has prepared a fact sheet on the new Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) regulations, covering how these rules may affect self-funded employers and how this new federal law relates to existing state law on mental health benefits.
  
  
• The Alliance hosted a roundtable discussion Nov. 13, 2009, with U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin. Read the Executive Summary.