May 20, 2009
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Program Result
The Health Policy Tracking Service provides information on important developments in state legislation, policies and programs affecting health care, primarily through Web-based reports and databases.
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
The Texas Health Institute began in 1964 as a subsidiary of the Texas Hospital Association.
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
In Kansas, the project director credited a forum on obesity in February 2003 for helping to "place the issue on the policy agenda." A couple of important changes resulted.
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
In Massachusetts, the Commonwealth's many public health, health policy and medical graduate programs presented multifaceted opportunities for partnership and integration with forum activities.
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
In March 2005, a teen gunman from the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota shot and killed nine people at Red Lake Senior High School before killing himself.
November 13, 2009
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Program Result
When the anthrax attacks occurred in September 2001, shortly after the bombing of the World Trade Center Towers, the Texas Health Institute responded by rescheduling a forum planned on long-term care and replacing it with one on bioterrorism.
October 15, 2009
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Program Result
The State Forums Partnership Program provided timely, nonpartisan information and analysis to help state policy-makers make informed decisions about complex health care issues affecting their states.
December 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1991 to 1996, staff at the Intergovernmental Health Policy Project (IHPP) continued and expanded the services provided by the organization, which provides nonpartisan information on health-care policy to state legislators. They also created a forum in which legislators could share ideas and develop leadership in the field.
February 1, 2002
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Program Result
The National Governor's Association, Center for Best Practices, Washington, convened a conference to brief state governors and policy advisers on the landmark settlement of a suit by the states against the tobacco industry.
August 1, 2002
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Program Result
The National Conference of State Legislatures created the Institute for Professional Health Staff Development, which conducts annual seven-day conferences to educate professional state legislative staff members on the basics of health policy.
