MPHA Policy Committee

• About
• Join
• Tracking Legislation
• Information on MPHA Resolution Process
• MPHA Position Statements and Resolutions 1974-2007 [new page]
• APHA Advocacy Information [leaves MPHA site]

About

This committee is responsible for developing and maintaining a written policy on advocacy, defining how decisions are made, what resources will be devoted to policy work, and the process by which MPHA determines positions on specific issues.

MPHA is an advocacy organization not a lobbying organization. It is our responsibility to provide information to our members, policy makers, the media and the public that is accurate and provides sufficient context.

Join

Policy and Advocacy Team: Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Meetings are held in the new Wilder Center near the corner of University Ave and Lexington Pkwy in the heart of midtown St. Paul. A map can be found here: http://www.wilder.org/fileadmin/wilder/pdf/451_Map.pdf.

Please email Melanie Ferris to be added to the Policy & Advocacy email list.

Tracking legislation

You can go directly to the Minnesota Legislation and Bill status web page to find out the status of any legislation.

MPHA Policy Resolution Process

The Minnesota Public Health Association adopts yearly public policy statements (resolutions or position papers) on important public health issues. The policy development process by the Association is designed to be open to full participation of the membership, and to ensure careful review by the members of the Association. Resolutions adopted by MPHA provide a record of MPHA's stance on a variety of public health issues and reflect the diverse interests of the MPHA membership.

List of MPHA resolutions to date
To see a list of the MPHA policy statements click here

If you want to submit a resolution
To submit a resolution for consideration, you may do so in one of the following two ways:

1) Prepare and present a resolution to be reviewed at the MPHA Policy Committee meetings. This process allows your resolution to be reviewed and considered based on the existing MPHA resolutions.

2) Directly submit a resolution for consideration to the Governing Council at least 15 days before a Governing Council meeting. The Governing Council shall consider the resolution and report its recommendation back to the Association. A resolution for adoption by MPHA may be presented at any meeting of the Association if it has been signed by five (5) percent of the membership.

All resolutions may be presented at any meeting of the Governing Council but can only be approved at the MPHA annual conference.

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