AAHIVM works to address policy issues at both the State and Federal levels.
For more information on our efforts at the national level, visit our National Issues page.
At the state level, AAHIVM works to affect policy change through advocacy and education, led by our State Chapters. For information about getting involved with a local AAHIVM chapter in your state or region, please visit the Chapters page.
The AAHIVM Policy Department in Washington works with our members to affect state legislation, regulatory decisions, and policy-making in the state legislature, with the Governor, and with the local and state health departments and other regulatory agencies.
State Legislation
What is happening in your State Legislature this year? AAHIVM offers our Members the ability to view and follow state legislation, find information about each state’s legislature and cabinet, and visit state web pages with
AAHIVM State Legislation Tracker.
Members can learn about current and pending legislation in each of the 50 states through this exciting resource. The AAHIVM Legislation Tracker allows our Members to search for specific pieces of legislation being considered by a state legislature, or view pending legislation that is specific to HIV/AIDS, the practice of HIV care and treatment, and the patients our members serve.
Health Reform Implementation
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included many provisions important to HIV patients and HIV care providers that will be implemented over the next decade. Several of the most significant provisions are being implemented at the state level, giving each state broad power to determine how the requirements and provisions of the ACA will be fulfilled and organized.
Two of the biggest changes, the creation of State Insurance Exchanges for individual and small group state insurance plans, and the Medicaid Expansion are scheduled to occur in every state by 2014. To learn more about the status of these changes in your state, visit the
Health Reform in My State section.
White Coat Days
When important issues come up at the state level, AAHIVM's
State White Coat Days give our Members the opportunity to petition their state lawmakers directly on issues they support.
AAHIVM organizes White Coat Days with our local chapters, to allow our members to meet with state lawmakers as constituents, and doctors, and as experts in public health. For information about getting involved with a local AAHIVM chapter in your state or region, please visit the
AAHIVM Chapters section.