Legislative Advocacy  

CT AAP Priorities for the 2025 Legislative Session:

1. Creation of a CT Child Tax Credit
2. Expansion of Free School Meals
3. Expansion of Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Children
4. Protection of Reproductive Rights and Access to Care
5. Protection of Gender Affirming Care

Legislative Testimony from the CT AAP:

• 2025
  • HB 6180 An Act Concerning Notice of Firearms by Operators of Family Child Care Homes
    
  • SB 1217 An Act Providing School Meals to all Students
  • SB 1218 An Act Concerning Water Safety and Swim Instruction
  • HB 6101 An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage of Food as Medicine
  • An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage for Medically-Necessary Childrens Diapers
  • HB 6158 An Act Concerning the Consumption Of Energy Drinks By Children
  • HB 6935 An Act Concerning Childrens Hospital Medicaid Rate Parity
  • HB 7213 An Act Concerning Access to Reproductive Health Care
  • SB 740 and HB 5986 Child Tax Credit
  • SB 1438 An Act Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation
  • SJ Resolution  Proposing a State Constitutional Amendment Concerning Discrimination On The Basis Of Sex Under The Equal Protection Clause
  • SB 1325 An Act Permitting Naturopathic Physicians to Prescribe and Administer Vitamin B12
• 2024
  • HB 5368 An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage Of Diapers
  • HB-5048 An Act Adjusting The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30 2025 Medicaid for Immigrants
  • HB-5261 Prohibiting The Sale Of Energy Drinks To Individuals Under Sixteen Years Of Age
  • HB 5367 An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage Of Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing For Critically Ill Infants
  • SB 929 An Act Expanding School Meal Programs To Provide Free School Meals To All Students
  • SB 340 An Act Concerning Tobacco License Renewals and the Municipal Police Chief
  • SB 214 An Act Consolidating Statutory Provisions Relating To Reproductive Health Care Services And Gender- Affirming Health Care Services
  • SB 143 An Act Concerning Evictions For Cause
  • SB 36 An Act Establishing A Refundable Child Tax Credit
  • SB 7 An Act Concerning Connecticut Paid Sick Days
  • SB 1 An Act Concerning The Health And Safety Of Connecticut Residents
• 2023
  • HB 6667 An Act Addressing Gun Violence
  • HB 6885 An Act Concerning Medicaid Payment Rates
  • HB 6820 An Act Preventing An Adverse Action Against A Health Care Provider Due To An Adverse Action Taken By Another State As A Result Of Such Provider's Involvement In The Termination Of A Pregnancy
  • HB 6818 An Act Concerning Patient Access To Reproductive Health Care
  • HB 6659 An Act Concerning The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2025, And Making Appropriations Therefor (School Meals)
  • HB 6588 An Act Concerning Rent Stabilization
  • HB 6616 An Act Concerning Expansion Of Husky Health Benefits To Those Ineligible Due To Immigration Status
  • HB 6554 An Act Appropriating Funds for Certain Homeless
  • HB 6488 An Act Concerning Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, And Vapor Products
  • SB 1216 An Act Concerning Funding For Student Meals Programs
  • SB 929 An Act Expanding School Meal Programs To Provide Free School Meals To All Students
  • SB 4 An Act Concerning Connecticut's Present And Future Housing Needs
  • SB 1102 An Act Concerning Pharmacies And Pharmacists
  • SB 771 An Act Establishing a Refundable Child Tax Credit
  • SB 772 An Act Increasing the Applicable Percentage of the Earned Income Tax Credit
  • SB 1178 An Act Expanding Connecticut Paid Sick Days
  • SB 1216 An Act Concerning Funding For Student Meals
    

 

CT-AAP in the Media

• CT doctors advocate for vaccination amid outbreaks
• Doctors Reassure Public That Vaccines Are Safe As Measles Outbreaks Return To US
• CT doctors advocate for vaccination amid outbreaks
• Opinion: U.S. Immigration Policy is Damaging Children's Health
• Connecticut Democrats Advocate for Permanent Tax Credit to Ease Family Burden
• MARKOWITZ: A doctor’s orders: Connecticut needs a child tax credit - Yale Daily News
• There is a CT campaign pushing for emergency funding to feed all public school students for free. ‘A lot of our children in our state are hungry.’
• Physicians, activists urge Connecticut lawmakers to extend HUSKY insurance to children without documentation
• Baby formula shortage hits lower-income homes and families of color
• Families are still struggling to find baby formula
• Sandra Carbonari: Putting children's mental health first
• Providers are scheduling COVID vaccine appointments for children ages 5 to 11. Here’s how to sign up
• Post-Newtown program helps children get mental health care

Community Partnerships & Collaborations

• Collaboration with Connecticut Against Gun Violence
• Op-ed in partnership with Connecticut Voices for Children: Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy health
• Joint statement with the CT Academy of Family Physicians on Gun Storage Safety.
• Op-ed written in collaboration with Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund: Paid sick days are necessary for parents and children to withstand the ‘tripledemic’