Federal Legislation Resource Center

ACNM devotes considerable resources to working on federal legislative initiatives before the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. In December 2008, the ACNM Board of Directors adopted an aggressive federal policy agenda for the 111th Congress. 

Top Federal Legislative Priorities
Click on the links below to read more about ACNM's work on our priority issues.   

• NEW! 2010 Maternal Health Legislation
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act   (Read a coalition letter that ACNM participated on, urging Congress to reconsider Medicare funding provisions for health  information technology that will be made available exclusively to physicians.)
  • National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
• Health Care Reform

• Equitable Reimbursement for Midwifery Services
• Access to Midwifery Services in All Federal Health-Related Programs
  
• Professional Liability Reforms
  
• Increasing the Supply of CNMs/CMs in the U.S.
  
• Preserving Antitrust Remedies
  
• Other Legislation of Interest in the 111th Congress
  
  

For more information, contact ACNM Federal Representative Patrick Cooney at 202-347-0034, patrick@federalgrp.com.