Model Legislation Archives
On March 12, 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule on Affordable Health Insurance Exchanges (exchanges) outlining a framework to allow states to form exchanges, which are new state-based, competitive marketplaces created under the Patient Protection and Affordable…
Each year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics designates March as National Nutrition Month®. This month’s campaign is designed to draw attention to the importance of making well-informed decisions regarding food choices and physical activity.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is the first mandatory, market-based carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction program in the United States. There is model legislation that uniformly covers nine states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regarding renewable portfolio standards. These states have established a Renewable Portfolio…
In December 2011, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators convened for its 35th Annual Legislative Conference. During the closing plenary session entitled, “Generating Jobs for Today and Tomorrow to Reignite the American Economy,” nationally renowned experts engaged in discussing why so many Americans are…
The gap in knowledge proficiency and academic achievement between African American students and their Caucasian peers is the topic of discussion in Congress’s current push to reauthorize the Elementary Secondary Education Act, commonly referred to as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The black/white achievement gap…