Description
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History/Background
Why was this legislation needed? Where did the interest in this legislation come from?
Is this the most recent in a series of laws that address a specific issue?
What problem or externality needed to be addressed?
What is the goal or objective?
Major Political Actors
Who are they and what are their positions? The emphasis should be on the economic aspects of their
arguments.
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Legislative Analysis Project
Groups of no more than two students will be formed. Each group will investigate a current piece of Federal or
State law that is preferably no more than 5 years old. Library and web-based resources are found on the
following pages. The format for the project is outlined below.
Executive Abstract (Write this after you have written everything else. Create a storyboard for
presentation.)
What piece of legislation did you investigate? Why is it a significant? What are the economic
implications of this legislation? Why is important that health administrators understand the law or possible
future law?
First part of Briefing Paper
DRAFT Due November 13th {HINT…earlier is OK}
The structure and format is very specific:
• Part one of the paper: No more than 8 pages of content with a cover page and any attachments as extra.
• Part two of the paper: Page length might vary.
• 1-inch margins, 1.5 spacing in 12-point font.
• The following subheadings must be included:
History/Background
• Why was this legislation needed? Where did the interest in this legislation come from?
• What problem or externality needed to be addressed?
• Is this the most recent in a series of laws that address a specific issue?
• Why are we considering this legislation today or in the recent past?
• What is the goal or objective?
Major Political Actors
Who are the major players in supporting and opposing this legislation? Who are they and what are their
positions? The emphasis should be on the economic aspects of their arguments.
Major Lobbyists and Interest Groups
Who are they and what is their position? The emphasis should be on the economic aspects of their
arguments.
What happened to the Legislation? Summary Timeline
When was it introduced? When did it leave committee? When was it acted upon in the
legislature/Congress? When was it signed into law or when was it vetoed?
Second part of the Briefing Paper Updated first part and final section, with
Executive Abstract, Due December 11th.
Economic Implications
• Discuss the economic factors that were proposed when the legislation was enacted and what actually has
happened
o Does it address an externality?
▪ If yes describe the externality and the economic cost or benefit
o Does it address a workforce issue? What should you see or expect to see?
o Impact on consumer demand? What should you see or expect to see?
o Impact on supply side? What should you see or expect to see?
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What economic theories or concepts can be applied to the analysis of this legislation?
o Is the issue involving: Externalities? Efficiency? Effectiveness? Marginal analysis? Impacting a
production function?
Key question: Why should a health administrator or public administrator care about this legislation?
For both parts of the paper, the student is to assume that the intended audience is a senior executive of a
healthcare organization. Assume the CEO as seeking your analysis to help them understand what the
impact might be for their organization.
References
All references must be formatted correctly
Appendix
Attach only the most relevant pieces of your research. Do not over-stuff the appendix with unnecessary
documents.
Executive Abstract (Write this after you have written everything else. Create a storyboard for presentation.)
What piece of legislation did you investigate? Why is it a significant? What are the economic
implications of this legislation? Why is important that health administrators understand the law or possible
future law?
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Guide to Online Resources for Government Documents
Many of the links below are from the library at CSUN.
Government publications https://library.csun.edu/GovernmentPublications lead you to a host of useful
government links.
U.S. Legal Research
California legal Research
and Federal Tax Research
How to access State “bills”
Internet Access:
The full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, and their status, history, votes, analyses, and
veto messages can be accessed since 1993 from the Bill Information page at the Official California Legislative
Information web site at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html. You can search by bill number, author or
keyword, or browse a list of bills by number or author for each session.
Paper Indexes to Bills
In addition to Internet access outlined above, consult the Legislative Index (ref KFC 14 .L45 . . . 2nd floor,
latest in the California Documents section of the Reference Room, northwest corner) by subject to determine
the bill number. Then, to track the status of a bill, using the bill number, check the Senate Weekly History or the
Assembly Weekly History pamphlets located next to Chapters in the California Documents section of the
Reference Room, northwest corner.
Bills for the FEDERAL level:
Internet Access:
Beginning with the 101st Congress (1989-90), the full-text of House and Senate Bills are on the Internet at
THOMAS (http://thomas.loc.gov/) and are searchable by keyword or bill number.
Also available via GPO Access (http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong009.html) since the 103rd Congress
(1993-1994).
Historic bills and resolutions (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhbsb.html) are available for selected
sessions of Congress, beginning with the 13th Congress in the House of Representatives and the 16th Congress
in the Senate and continuing through the 42nd Congress (approximately 1823-1873).
Perhaps also try this link to search. https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record
Index to FEDERAL Bills:
There are two different index sets that can be used for research on bills:
Commerce Clearing House. Congressional Index, 1967 – present. (ref J 69 .C6. Recent sessions, CSUN Ref
Rm, table 8 & 2nd floor). All public bills and resolutions are listed, indexed, summarized, and have their
progress reported in this weekly updated loose-leaf index. Pending measures are indexed by subject, author,
headline terms, and number. The voting record of Congressmen on each House or Senate bill is given. A
numerical listing of all Senate and House bills identifies all sponsors and the subject of the bill. House and
Senate status tables report action on each bill in a numerical arrangement. Separate listings identify enactments
by bill number, subject, author and public law number. Cross references to companion bill numbers are also
provided.
Congressional Information Service. CIS Index, 1970 – present. (ref Z 1223 .Z7 C6 … Ref Rm, table 8). Monthly
and annually cumulated issues of this reference work are published in two sections: An index section containing
subject, title, bill number, report and document number indexes for all congressional documentation. The bill
number index identifies all bills that have become the subject of hearings, reports or other publications by
Congress. All citations in this index refer to entries in the abstracts section where full bibliographic descriptions
of the congressional documentation can be found.
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