Legislative Advocacy  

CT AAP Priorities for the 2024 Legislative Session:

1. Medicaid Expansion for Undocumented Children
2. Universal Access to School Meals
3. Expanding Paid Sick Days
4. Gun Violence Prevention
5. Flavor Ban for Nicotine Products
6. Creation of a CT Child Tax Credit

 

Legislative Testimony from the CT AAP:

• 2024
  • Stay tuned!
• 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

• 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’