Communications with Congress

117th Congress 2021-2022

AAPA regularly communicates with Congress on issues of importance to the PA profession.

Statement to Senate HELP Committee, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, hearing on “Recruiting, Revitalizing & Diversifying: Examining the Health Care Workforce Shortage”

Establishing a Pathway for Comprehensive Telehealth Reform Sign-On Letter

Sign-on Letter in Support of Reinstating Option for Job-based HDHP-HSAs to Provide Pre-deductible Telehealth Services

Statement to House Energy and Commerce Committee on the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021

Statement to House Committee on Veterans Affairs on the RAISE Act

“Telehealth Cliff” Sign-On Letter

Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act Sign-On Letter

Statement to House Committee on Energy and Commerce Regarding Opioid Use Disorder

Archive 116th Congress 2019-2020

Sign-On Letter in Support of H.R. 3911/S. 2842, The Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2019

Sign-On Letter of Support for COVID-19 Testing for Vulnerable Communities

Sign-On Letter of Support for H.R. 7663, The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020

Sign-On Letter of Support for S. 4317, The Safe to Work Act

Response to Senate HELP Committee: Preparing for the Next Pandemic

Statement to Senate HELP Committee on Telehealth: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sign-On Letter of Support for the Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act

Letter to Congressional Leaders on COVID-19

PARCA Sign-On Letter on COVID-19 Relief Package

Sign On Letter Supporting Removal of Practice Barriers during COVID-19

Sign-On Letter in Support of S. 3539

N95 Mask Sign On Letter

AAPA Statement to House Energy & Commerce Committee

Statement to Senate Special Committee on Aging

OCAN Sign-On Letter to Congress in Support of Treat and Reduce Obesity Act

AAPA Congressional Telehealth Caucus Comments

Statement to Senate HELP Committee on Access to Care in Underserved Communities

Archive 115th Congress 2017-2018

Rural Health Comments

APRN-PA Letter to Senate Leaders on Opioid Legislation

AAPA Letter of Support for H.R. 6, the SUPPORT Act

Opioid Package Sign-On Letter

AOA Sign-On Letter to Senate HELP Committee on the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2018

Comments to Senate HELP Committee on The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

Letter to Senate Bipartisan Working Group on Healthcare Price Transparency Initiative

Statement to House Ways and Means Committee on the Opioid Epidemic

Statement to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Combating the Opioid Crisis

AAPA Letter to Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on Caring for Our Veterans Act of 2017

AAPA Statement for the Record to Senate HELP Committee on The Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis

Senator Burr Letter of Support for NDAA Amendment

Letter of Support to Reps. Bergman and Kuster on H.R. 3262, the Grow Our Own Directive (GOOD) Act

Letter of Support to Reps. Brownley and Woodall on H.R. 2547, the Veterans Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act

Letter of Support to Senators Cornyn and Warner on S. 1393, Jobs for Our Heroes Act

Statement to House Energy and Commerce Committee on MACRA and Alternative Payment Models

HPNEC Sign-On Letter to Appropriations Committee Leaders on Title VII and Title VIII

AAPA Statement to the Senate VA Committee on S. 426, the “Grow Our Own Directive” (GOOD)

AAPA Statement to Senate Committee on Indiana Affairs on S. 1250 and S. 1275

Letter to Senate Leaders on AHCA

Sign-On Letter to Appropriations Committee Leaders on FY18 Labor-HHS 302(b) Allocation

Sign-On Letter to White House and Congressional Leaders on Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

Friends of HRSA Sign-On Letter on FY18 Appropriations

AAPA Letter to Reps. Reed and Blumenauer on H.R. 1617, the Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act of 2017

Letter to House leaders on AHCA

Letter to Reps. Jenkins and Thompson in Support of H.R. 1284, the Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act

Letter to Senator Tester in Support of S. 426, The GOOD Act

Archive 114th Congress 2015-2016

HPNEC Sign-On Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Full Funding for Title VII in 2017

Sign-On Letter to Sponsors of S. 3130 in Support of the Independence at Home Act of 2016

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate Finance Committee on “Mental Health in America: Where Are We Now?”

AAPA’s Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on LHHSEd Regarding FY17 Title VII Appropriations

AAPA’s Testimony to the House Subcommittee on LHHSEd Regarding FY17 Title VII Appropriations

Sign-On Letter to Senate HELP Committee on Implementation Plan for the National Pain Strategy

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Breaking the Cycle: Mental Health and the Justice System”

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate Finance Committee on the Bipartisan Chronic Care Working Group’s Policy Options Document

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Attacking America’s Epidemic of Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse”

Sign-On Letter to Congressional Appropriations Committee Leaders on Increasing the Labor-HHS Appropriations Allocation in FY 2017

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate HELP Committee on “Improving Federal Response to Challenges in Mental Health Care in America”

Letter of Support for PA Education Bills

Letter of Support for Provider Payment Sunshine Act

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate HELP Committee on “Opioid Abuse in America: Facing the Epidemic and Examining Solutions

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on S. 2134, the Grow Our Own Directive: PA Employment and Education Act of 2015

Friends of HRSA Sign-On Letter to Congressional Appropriations Committees on FY2016 Funding for HRSA

Letter to House Subcommittee on Health on HR 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act

AAPA’s Statement to the Senate HELP Committee on PAs in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

AAPA’s Statement for the Record on HR 2536, the Treat Act

Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pension Committee Leadership on PAs and Mental/Behavioral Health

Letter to Sens. Tester and Moran in Support of the GOOD Pilot Program

Sign-On Letter to Senate Finance Committee Leaders on Lifting Outdated Telemedicine Restrictions

Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders on PAs and Mental/Behavioral Health

Sign-On Letter to Congress on Sequestration Relief for NDD Programs

Letter to Senate Finance Committee Leaders in Support of the Establishment of the Chronic Care Working Group

Sign-On Letter to Senate Finance Committee Leaders on Chronic Care Working Group

Letter to Senate HELP Committee Leaders on PAs and EHR

Letter to Congressional Leaders in Support of H.R.2, the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act

Thank You Letter to Sens. Susan Collins and Chuck Schumer for Introducing the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015