Assignment: The Impact of Recent State and Federal Legislation
Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility). In (Maryland).
Identify and read one recently proposed or enacted state or federal legislation that has an impact on your selected health care facility or service.
Write a 700 to 1,050 words policy brief on the effects the legislation will have on your selected facility or service and on the state's population. Use the following structure when putting together your policy brief (use the bolded as your subheadings within the assignment):
1) Title (on the properly formatted separate title page and at the top center of page one of the brief essay)
2) Executive summary (the second page of the brief with 175 to 260 words which replaces an abstract in a formal APA essay; this is a summary of your brief essay capturing the key points only - write it after the essay is completed)
3) Recommendations (a sub heading within the executive summary included in the word count listed above)
4) Introduction (this is the beginning of the policy brief essay)
5) State recommendation again (Restate the proposed or enacted state or federal legislation and its purpose and impact on your identified healthcare facility or service then offer your recommendation clearly and succinctly)
6) Body
7) Overview of problem (identify and describe your identified healthcare facility or service and then state the problem that the new legislation causes for your identified healthcare facility or service)
8) Review of relevant research (conduct a literature review regarding the problem - cite relevant research on the issue)
9) Application of research results (discuss and analyze how this new research applies to this issue or problem and how it might be applied within your identified healthcare facility or service)
10) Policy implications (what implications does the research have on the policy as it is currently offered and what are your recommendations regarding the policy and it's adoption)
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.