Title: The process of policy.
Headings: The process of policy.
The process of policy.
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Content: Bills are presented to the House of Representatives where subcommittees and interest groups have the power to add amendments. The approved Bill is then sent to the Senate where more provisions may be made. Once approved through the Senate the bill is passed on to the President who can either chose to sign it making it a law, or veto it in which case the bill could only be overturned if 2/3 of Congress vote to pass the bill. Finally, once the bill has passed the legislative process it is forwarded to the agency which will be responsible for it’s implementation. The states are then responsible for establishing the bill protocol within their own governments. Now that you understand the complex process through which health policy is created, let’s take a look at this process in action. While I was in D.C. I attended a White House convening between Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Secretary Julián Castro of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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The convening focused on a proposed policy which would ban smoking within 25 feet of all public housing in the U.S. In the audience was a variety of public health professionals; physicians, government health agency employees, health advocates, non-profit employees, policy developers and health communicators. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the potential ramifications of passing the bill as well as identifying concerns that community members had with the proposed legislation changes.