Assignment Content
The Impact of Recent State and
Federal Legislation
Top of Form
Select a
health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term
care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility).
Identify and read
one recently proposed or enacted state or federal legislation that has an
impact on your selected health care facility or service.
Write a 700 word policy brief on the effects the legislation will have on your
selected facility or service and on the state’s population. Use the following
structure when putting together your policy brief:
Title
Executive summary
(175 to 260 words)
Recommendations
Introduction
State
recommendation again
Body
Overview of
problem
Review of relevant
research
Application of
research results
Policy
implications
Conclusion