Testimony, Letters and Other Communications

2008

• April 29, 2008. NCSL letter to the Senate in support of H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008.
• April 16, 2008. NCSL letter to the House in support of H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008.
• March 11, 2008. NCSL letter to the Senate leadership expressing support for S. Con. Res. 70 as passed by the Senate Budget Committee for its provisions that continue or expand our collaborative efforts on numerous state-federal programs, that avoid cost shifts to states and that attempt to ameliorate the burdens of unfunded federal mandates on state budgets.
• March 3, 2008. NCSL letter to the Senate leadership with Budget Resolution Recommendations including Medicaid program funding and Medicaid program regulations .

2007

• September 27, 2007. NCSL letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate urging their support for H.R.976, the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007.
• September 25, 2007. NCSL letter to the Congressional leaders urging their support for H.R. 976, the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007.  
• July 30, 2007. NCSL letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging the Senate to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) with all deliberate speed.
• June 28, 2007. Coalition letter to the to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Grassley, and to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Dingell and Ranking Member Barton urging them to approve an extension of the Transitional Medical Assistance program.
• June 2007. NCSL letter to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health concerning SCHIP reauthorization.
• March 9, 2007. NCSL letter to the leadership of the U.S. Congress regarding the FY 2007 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

2006

• July 18, 2006. NCSL letter regarding provisions in the House-passed version of H.R. 2830, the Pension Protection Act of 2005.

• May 9, 2006. NCSL letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate regarding S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006.

• March 14, 2006. NCSL letter to Chairman Enzi and Ranking member Kennedy of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions regarding S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006.

• March 8, 2006. NCSL letter to the Honorable Phil Gingrey and the Honorable Louise Slaughter regarding H.R. 4167, the National Uniformity for Foods Act of 2005.

• January 13, 2006. NCSL letter to the Honorable Mike Leavitt, Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding the Food and Drug Administration final rule on the requirements on content and format of labeling for human prescription drugs and biologics; requirements for prescription drug product labels, Docket No. 00N-1269.

2005