Health Reform Implementation | State Public Health

Making the paradigm shift from "healthcare" to "health"

What's New

CDC Notice of Intent to Fund "Approved but Unfunded" CPPW Applicants CDC will fund 11 approved but unfunded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) applications that focused on tobacco prevention and obesity. The average award will be $3 million for a total of $33 million.

FDA Releases Guidance on Federal Menu Labeling Requirements FDA has released two documents for industry regarding the implementation of the new federal nutrition labeling requirements.

State Specific Fact Sheets Available The White House has made state-by-state fact sheets available that highlight the immediate benefits of the Affordable Care Act.

Funding Opportunity: Tobacco Control and Quitline Services Deadline: September 3, 2010

Comment Period: Regulations for 100% Coverage of Preventive Services Submit your comments by September 17. For a list of recommendations, see USPSTF’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services or ASTHO’s summary of "A" and "B" services children and adults.

First funding opportunity for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Deadline: September 1 for the second of three applications.

Current and Potential Funding

Current and Past PPACA Funding Opportunities

Includes links to RFPs, descriptions of grant opportunities, and due dates. Updated daily on the ASTHO website.

PPACA - All Program Funding Levels

Includes appropriated (guaranteed) and authorized (non-guaranteed) funding provisions.

Funding Summary of Prevention and Public Health Fund (FY 2010)

$500 million for prevention and wellness, and primary care workforce.

Affordable Care Act Analysis for States

Health Data IT Reporting

Analysis of Home Visiting Provisions

Healthcare Worker and Primary Care Workforce Provisions

Immunization Provisions

Public Health Workforce Provisions

States Are Organizing to Respond to Health Reform

States are taking steps to prepare for the challenges and opportunities that health reform will bring by issuing executive orders, forming health reform councils, and other efforts to ramp up for implementation. Information about state actions

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Health Reform Timelines

ASTHO Public Health PPACA Timeline

Democratic Policy Committee (pdf)

Kaiser Family Foundation (pdf)

NCSL Timeline of Immediate Provisions (pdf)

Partnership for Prevention's Prevention and Public Health Implementation Timeline (pdf)

Summaries of Specific Provisions

Addiction and Mental Illness Services (Legal Action Center)

Maternal and Child Health Summary (AMCHP):

Menu Labeling in Restaurants and Vending Machines (ASTHO) (pdf)

Selected Prevention, Public Health & Workforce Provisions (TFAH)

Summary of Medicaid and CHIP provisions (NCSL)

Research and Publications

Health Reform and Public Health (pdf)

A series of papers on the role of public health in a transformed health system, including ASTHO's position statement on health reform. Individual documents from this packet are available below.