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Health Forward is supporting and building inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities by prioritizing people who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. We are working to remove those injustices through our leadership, advocacy, and resources
February saw an increase in the action of bills passing out of committees and chamber floors in both Kansas and Missouri. We encourage you to check out our video content to accompany this update which summarizes the main action that happened in each state in the past few weeks.
People policy goal: People can easily access safe, quality, and affordable whole—person care.
Power policy goal: Participation in our democracy and policymaking process improves health outcomes.
Place policy goal: Our communities are healthy place where people fully participate in the digital economy and build wealth through safe, quality, and affordable housing and homeownership.
Platform policy goal: Community health is influenced by systems, policies, and stories that promote racial equity and economic inclusion.
While these bills are some of the ones we’re most focused on, there are more included in our Kansas Bill Tracker.
These bills highlighted are ones we are keeping a focus on, but to see a full list of the bills we’re tracking in Missouri.