Language: English

NYSACHO acts as an advocate for LHDs in the legislative and regulatory arenas, by supporting data driven, evidence-supported legislative and regulatory public health policy and solutions and requesting direct state funding to LHDs for implemented and pending public health policy. The legisla????ve agenda for NYSACHO encompasses five key public health principles as well as working on specific legisla????ve priori????es in seven public health areas: (1) Disease Control, (2) Environmental Health, (3) Family Health, (4) Rural Health, (5) Workforce Development/Funding, (6) Emerging Public Health Threats, and (7)Substance Use/Cannabis Policy.