Government Affairs

	These bills need your attention. Bills have been introduced that need your support and your opposition! Support bills H.R.194, H.R.195, and H.R.1107. Oppose bills S.25, H.R.15, S.654, H.R.1148. Support H.R.194 - Prescription Drug Affordability Act. Support H.R.195 - Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2007. Support H.R.1107 - Dietary Supplement and Healthy Meal Replacement Tax Parity Act of 2005. Oppose S.25 - FDA Citizen Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act. Oppose H.R.15 - National Health Insurance Act. Oppose S.654 - Safe Food Act of 2007. Oppose H.R.1148 - Safe Food Act of 2007. These bills need your attention.

	STATE LEGISLATION ON CONSUMER HEALTH

	Click on items below for the latest news: MAINE Public Hearing on Cell Phone Safety Labelling (State of Maine) February 21, 2010 MAINE Hold the Phone! . . . Better Still, Don't! By Representative Andrea Boland December 2009 MAINE Support Maine's Vaccination Freedom Bill June 22, 2009 VIRGINIA Activists Achieving Success All Over America By Ron Paul June 11, 2009 CONNECTICUT Connecticut Bans BPA From 2011 By Food Quality News June 10, 2009 MAINE Nutritional Scorecard on the Maine Legislature May 2009 KANSAS Kansas Governor Must Veto Bill That Endangers Milk Safety Banning Overuse of Antibiotics in Livestock By Jeffrey Smith April 8, 2009 CALIFORNIA Food & Water Watch Supports California Legislation Banning Overuse of Antibiotics in Livestock By Food & Water Watch March 17, 2009 ARIZONA Arizona Health-Freedom Proposition Narrowly Defeated January 2009 CALIFORNIA Microchip Rules Added to Calif. Spay/Neuter Bill By Veterinary Practice News August 13, 2008 CALIFORNIA NHF PRESS RELEASE Where California Prop 65 Stands Now-NHF Reports By the National Health Federation May 12, 2007 CALIFORNIA NHF PRESS RELEASE California Targeting Safe Supplements Don’t Let Them Succeed By the National Health Federation March 24, 2007 ILLINOIS USDA: Shame On You For Using Our Kids By Joyce Morrison February 29, 2008 HAWAII Senate's Plan to Ban Aspartame "Deferred": Health Committee Passes The Buck to the FDA By Dr. Betty Martini,D. Hum. February 27, 2008 HAWAII SB 2506: Hawaii Senate Bill to Ban Aspartame Scheduled for Monday UPDATE/ACT NOW By Dr. Betty Martini,D. Hum. February 22, 2008 HAWAII With Hawaii's Health at Stake: Last Shot to Ban Aspartame in Hawaii This Legislative Session By Stephen Fox February 19, 2008 HAWAII Breaking News: Hawaii Moves to Ban Aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal/E951/Canderel, etc.) By Dr. Betty Martini,D.Hum January 24, 2008 CALIFORNIA California Government Officials To Control Private Homes' Thermostats By Jim Kouri January 16, 2008 NEW JERSEY N.J. Passes Law Mandating HIV Testing Of Pregnant Women By Greg Ciola January 9, 2008 PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania’s Mandatory Fluoridation Bill Provided by Paul Connett November 3, 2007 CALIFORNIA Government Sneak Attack on CA Raw Milk By Mark McAfee October 25, 2007 MAINE NHF Board Member, Pamela Gerry Announcement on Maine Health Freedom Bill by Pamela Gerry April 1, 2007 MAINE Announcement to Maine NHF Members March 2007 VERMONT If Mercury Fillings Are Safe Then Why Is Vermont Seeking Patient Consent? by Earthtimes.org March 12, 2007 LOUISIANA Louisiana Health Freedom Bill S. 189 Posted March 2007 IDAHO Idaho Health Freedom Bill by Idaho Coalition for Natural Health Posted March 2007 MINNESOTA Minnesota Health Freedom Bill 146 A by Minnesota Natural Health Coalition Posted March 2007 CALIFORNIA VACCINES: WHY FEAR SELLS By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO June 26, 2007 California Health Freedom Bill - S.B. 577 by California Health Freedom Coalition Posted March 2007 MAINE Maine Health Freedom Bill LD 1516, item 1, 123rd Maine State Legislature Posted March 2007 OKLAHOMA Health Freedom Bill Introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature This Session Provided by Tim Hope Oklahoma Health Freedom Network February 13, 2007 WISCONSIN Wisconsin's Assembly Bill 290 - Prohibiting Required Chip Implants Posted February 2007 MAINE Maine Microchip Prohibition Posted February 2007 VERMONT Vermont Bill to Protect Traditional Farming Posted February 2007 RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island Health Freedom Bill Posted February 2007 MAINE Maine Rejects Real ID State's legislature overwhelmingly opposes act requiring national digital ID cards, putting Bush administration in a pickle. by Declan McCullagh January 25, 2007 NEW MEXICO Urgent Aspartame Ban Action Alert--- New Mexico needs your immediate help! by Stephen Fox February 4, 2007 TENNESSEE An Executive Order Banning Fluoridation Drafted in Tennessee by New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. February 2, 2006 CALIFORNIA Alternative Medicine 2007 Part Two The End of Medicine As We Know It (Including Alt Med) by Peter Barry Chowka © January 15, 2007 CALIFORNIA Alternative Medicine 2007 Part One by Peter Barry Chowka © January 1, 2007 CALIFORNIA SCHWARZENEGGER SUPPORTS RFID TRACKING TECHNOLOGY by Liz McIntyre & Katherine Albrecht October 8, 2006 CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA SENATE PRESERVES LOCAL RULES ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS by Institute for Responsible Technology September 1, 2006 CALIFORNIA California's Monsanto Law Moves Forward, Could Face August Vote Provided by Sepp Hasslberger August 8, 2006 ALASKA Alaska Supreme Court Moves To Protect Psychiatric Patient Rights by Sepp Hasslberger July 2, 2006 PENNSYLVANIA Shocking News from PA by Paul Connett THE FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK July 1, 2006 PENNSYLVANIA Fluoridation Mandate Bill Passed in the House (PENNSYLVANIA citizens need to start calling their state senators) Provided by New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. July 1, 2006 IOWA Urgent: Potential Loss of Vaccine Accommodations in Iowa Legislature by Eileen Dannemann February 21, 2006 NEW MEXICO BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ASPARTAME IN NEW MEXICO by Donna Voetee ND February 11, 2006 HAWAII Support the Repeal of Invasive TB Testing in Hawaii Provided by Ingri Cassel (Vaccination Liberation) February 12, 2006 Attention: Florida Residents Philosophical/Conscientous Exemption to School Entry Vaccination Requirements in the State of Florida by www.floridavaccinationexemption.com February 9, 2006 CALIFORNIA The 49th Parallel Moves South California votes to adopt a Canadian-style healthcare plan by Scott Tips Editor of Health Freedom News Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF December 2005 NEW YORK Witch Hunt Against Dietary Supplements Begins in New York by Bill Sardi December 7, 2005 New York Alert New York State Task Force on Life & the Law November 2005 California Alert California Health Insurance Reliability Act (CHIRA) SB40 November 2005 CALIFORNIA Alert: Socialized Medicine May Become Law in California © by Peter Barry Chowka October 2005 CALIFORNIA IMPORTANT ALERT TO CALIFORNIANS! From Organic Consumers.org September 2005 PENNSYLVANIA Help Defeat Pennsylvania House Bill 995 August 2005 North Carolina: The Consumer Health Freedom Act HB 1303 Need Input from CAM Providers and Others Supportive of CAM Therapies July 28, 2005 Iowa: Pending New Iowa State Law Would Ban the Use of Lasers by Non-MDs May 8, 2005 Colorado: Parents Shoot Down Plan For Statewide Immunization Database Provided by The Denverchannel.com April 5, 2005 California: Rejects "Conventional" Health Care Thinking..... by Tim Bolen "Consumer Advocate" November 15, 2004 Governor Reneges on Promise to Veto "Gut & Amend" (SB 96) Jeff Green Citizens for Safe Drinking Water Sept 27, 2004 AB 2393 - A Proposal That Would Make Alternative Treatments of Cancer Legal in California ~~September 2004~~ AB 2393 did not make it through the committee process, so will be reintroduced in 2005. ALERT!!! What Californians Should Know and How to Act on CA Senate Bill 96 (California Mandatory Fluoridation Bill) ~~by Jeff Green California~~ Citizens for Safe Drinking Water September 2004 Governor Schwarzenegger Signed Senate Bill 96 Into Law September 24, 2004 ALERT: California Members AB 2943, Mercury Containing Vaccines ~~September 2004~~ Our efforts worked. On Oct 1st, 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 2943. ALERT: California Dietary Supplement Bill - S.B. 779 Help Stop Its Passage Now! ~~July 2004~~ California AER Bill - S.B. 779 Defeated in Assembly Lee Bechtel September 8, 2004 Important Health Freedom Bill Approved By California Assembly Committee By Lee Bechtel National NHF Advocate ~~June 2004~~ The Governor signed this bill which passed unanimously - thank you CA members and all others for your efforts. Minnesota - The First U.S. State to Offer Freedom of Choice July 2004 Click here for the NHF Archive of Important Past Legislation (110th Congress - Archived Bills and Information) Seven states are considering eight bills granting consumers and medical practioners access to complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies, by granting protection to physicians and other licensed or unlicensed medical personnel that practice CAM from state medical practice laws. Three new bills have been recently introduced in the Florida, Kentucky, and Washington legislatures. Five bills, introduced in 2003 in Iowa, Tennessee, South Carolina, and New York are still subject to action in the legislative sessions this year.
	Newly Introduced Bills Florida – Senate Bill 1474 - Introduced on January 16, 2004, the Consumer Health Freedom Act, has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care. Click here to review or download a copy of the bill. Update - Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care Friday, April 30, 2004 12:00 AM Kentucky – House Bill 181 - Introduced on January 6, 2004. The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Health and Welfare. Click here to review or download a copy of the bill. Update - No further committee action taken as of Oct. 12, 2004 Washington – House Bill 2355 - Introduced on January 12,2004 The Access to Complementary/ Alternative Health Care Act, has been referred to the House Committee on Health Care. Click here to review or download a copy of the bill. Update - No further committee action taken as of Oct. 12, 2004 Previously Introduced/Currently Pending Iowa – House Bill HB 422 - Click here to review or download a copy of the bill. Update - No further committee action taken as of Oct. 12, 2004 Tennessee – House Bill HB1167 - Click here to review or download a copy of the bill. Update - No further committee action taken as of Oct. 12, 2004 South Carolina – House Bill HB3191 - Access to Medical Treatment Act - Click here to review or download a copy of the bill. Update - No further committee action taken as of Oct. 12, 2004 New York – Assembly Bill AB6973 and Senate Bill SB1907 - Complementary and Alternative Health Freedom of Access Act. Click the following links to review or download a copy of these bills: Assembly Bill AB6973 or Senate Bill SB1907 Update - No further committee action taken as of Oct. 12, 2004