Advocacy 101

ADVOCACY 101: Committees Affecting Healthcare

Senate

1. Finance, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) - Health legislation 2. Finance - Jurisdiction over Medicare, Medicaid, food and the State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 3. HELP - Jurisdiction over public health and health insurance - Jurisdiction over most agencies, institutes and programs of the DHHS, including the FDS, CDC and NIH 4. Budget and Appropriations - Also plays an important role in health care issues

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