Policy & Advocacy
CHCANYS works tirelessly to inform health care policy at the state and national levels, and to ensure that community health centers receive the resources they need to continue to provide high-quality, community-based health care to all New Yorkers. In addition to serving as the voice of New York’s community health centers, CHCANYS is also a resource for up-to-date, accurate information regarding regulatory changes, public funding opportunities, and other key matters of interest to centers.
Cosponsor Trackers
- Rate Reform Cosponsorship Tracker
- Telehealth Cosponsorship Tracker
- Streamline Foreign Dentist Licensure Requirements Co-Sponsorship Tracker A.3244 (Woerner)/S.3966 (Stavisky)
- 340B Prescription Drug Anti-Discrimination Act Co-Sponsorship Tracker A.6222 (Paulin)/S.1913 (Rivera)
- Allow Medical Assistants to Vaccinate Co-Sponsorship Tracker A.5460B Paulin/ S.5340A Stavisky:
- Allow Registered Medical Assistants to Vaccinate Co-Sponsorship Tracker A.5541 Hyndman / S.5720 Skouffis
Social Media Toolkit
Urban Institute Report Finds Medicaid Rates Put NYS Community Health Centers at Risk
CHCANYS’ mission is to champion community-centered primary care through leadership, advocacy, and support of community health centers so that every community has primary care that encompasses all aspects of patient health and well-being. To safeguard and sustain the ability of CHCs to provide quality affordable health care services, advocacy is paramount to ensuring that CHCs, patients, and communities across New York State have a voice in the process and critical decisions being made by policymakers.
Email Jane Ni, jni@chcanys.org, for more information.