October 2003
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The ASHA GRPP Update is prepared as an ASHA member benefit and designed to be a brief synopsis of ASHA's Government Relations & Public Policy (GRPP) division's activities over the past month. Dissemination of this Update to other members, association newsletters, and electronic mailing lists is encouraged. Information contained in this publication may be reprinted without permission, although attribution to ASHA is requested. For more information about the Update, please contact Darlene Dukes at 800-274-2376, ext. 4276.
For information regarding ASHA's advocacy activities not covered in this update, please contact: James Potter, Director of Government Relations & Public Policy; Arlene Pietranton, Facilitating Team liaison to the GRPP Cluster; or Catherine Gottfred, ASHA Vice President for Governmental & Social Policies.
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ACTION ALERT
- Co-Sponsors Needed for Direct Access to Audiologists Legislation
HEALTH CARE
- ASHA and AAA Join Forces in Support of Direct Access Legislation
- Federal Judge Upholds Implementation of Therapy Caps in 2003
- Paid Feeding Assistants Now Allowed in Nursing Homes
- ASHA Responds to Proposed 2004 Medicare Outpatient OPPS Rule
STATES
- West Virginia Board of Education Suspends Controversial SLP Assistants Policy
SCHOOLS
- Senate Spending Bill Increases IDEA Funding $2.2 Billion for FY 2004
- ED Releases NCLB Guidance on Supplemental Services
- ED Submits 24th Annual Report to Congress on IDEA Implementation
- Back-to-School Address by Secretary Paige
- Simon and Sclafani Nominated as Assistant Secretaries for OESE, OVAE
POLITICAL ADVOCACY
- ASHA-PAC Fundraising Campaign Underway
- FEC Ask Congress to Index PAC Contributions
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