Legislative Letter For NewYork State Senate
Review the listing of current health legislation under consideration by New York State Legislators and select one bill.
Write a concise, targeted letter to one legislator.
Identify your position- pro or con to the proposed legislation- specifies 4 reasons for the position.
Identify who will be impacted by this policy if enacted; who will bear the financial burden if enacted or not enacted Identifies 4 groups/persons.
Include at least 4 relevant research/ literature to bolster your position. Make sure to cite the source and date of publication.
Rubric legislative letter: ONE PAGE MAXIMUM (SINGLE SPACE)
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| 5 | 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 | related to | 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 | State | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 10 | legislator | targets issue | proposed | proposed | ||
| in proposed | legislation but is | legislation | ||||
| legislation | rambling | |||||
| Identify your position- | Clearly | Clearly | Clearly identifies | Clearly identifies | Does not clearly identify | |
| pro or con the proposed | identifies | identifies | position with two | position with one | position regarding proposed | |
| 25 | legislation- specifies | position with | position with | statements | statement | legislation |
| 4 reasons for position | four | three statements | ||||
| 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 | who will be | who will be | impacted, who will bear | ||
| bear the financial | will be | impacted, who | impacted, who | costs of enactment. | ||
| 35 | 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 |
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| costs of | and non- | non- enactment | ||||
| enactment; | enactment | |||||
| and 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 | citations including | citation without date/ | date/ source | |
| bolster your position. | citations | including date/ | date/ source | source | ||
| 25 | Make sure to cite the | including | source | |||
| source and date of | date/ source | |||||
| publication. | ||||||
| 100 |