Legislative letter for NewYork State Senate

Review the listing of

Selects a

Selects a bill not

Selects a current

—-

—–

current health

current bill

currently under

bill not

related to

legislation

under

consideration in

health care

consideration by New

health care in

NYS, but is

York

State

Legislators

New York

related to health

and select one bill

Write a concise,

Letter is

Letter targets

Letter vaguely

Letter not focused on

Letter does not address issue

targeted letter to one

concise;

issue in

targets issue

in

proposed

legislation

legislator

in proposed

legislation but is

rambling

Identify your position-

Clearly

Clearly

identifies

Does not clearly identify

pro or con the proposed

position with

two

position with one

position regarding proposed

legislation- specifies

statement

s

4 reasons for position

four

three

statements

Identify

who

will be

Identifies

Identifies two

Identifies one

Identifies one group/

Does not identify who will be

impacted by this policy

three groups/

groups/ persons

group/ person

person who will be

impacted; bear financial costs

if

enacted

, who will

persons who

impacted, who

will bear

bear the financial

costs of

enactment

.

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burden if enacted or not

enacted

Identifies 4 groups/persons

impacted.

who will bear

will bear costs

of

enactment;

will bear costs of

enactment; and

and non-

non- enactment

Include at least 4 relevant

Includes at

Includes two

Includes one

Includes only one

Includes no

citations

without

research/ literature to

least three

citations

including

citation without date/

date/

source

bolster your position.

including date/

Make sure to cite the

source and date of

publication.

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