New AAFP tool keeps tabs on state legislatures

With the expected introduction of almost 93,000 bills in state legislatures during 2006, keeping up could be difficult. Your Academy hopes its new tracking system, State Net, (http://custom.statenet.com/aafp) will help you stay informed and engaged. The system depends on a partnership among the policy divisions of state chapters and the national organization. State policy experts will submit bills and issues of interest to AAFP to be loaded into the system. Then the system will provide updates on those bills as they move through the legislative process. Chapters should also be able to recognize trends across states by searching the system by issue. Aside from specific updates on a bill’s progress, the system will provide links to AAFP policy on the issue and information on state chapter support or opposition of the bill.

For more information, go to the AAFP News Now article on the subject at www.aafp.org/x40856.xml.