Human Resource Management
After watching the 9 short videos in https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process, In our hypothetical for this assignment, you are the CEO of a rural health center. During Covid you have seen how the temporary expansion of telehealth has improved care for your patients. You would like to see the telehealth provisions extended. At a recent meeting you heard that H.R. 7876 (117th Congress) might extend telehealth provisions and you want to learn more about it.
Find the bill on Congress.gov and answer the following questions:
1) Based on the cosponsors of the bill, is the bill bipartisan? (10 points)
2) The bill was referred to which committees? (10 points)
3) You would like to see this bill enacted.
a) What common pathways to agenda setting might be used to raise the priority of this issue? Identify three pathways and thoroughly explain how these pathways can be used to set this policy agenda. (60 points)
b) Explain how a stronger policy agenda may influence this bill’s development and increase its likelihood of being enacted. Make sure that your explanation is specific to this bill. (60 points)
Be sure to write clearly, proof read for spelling and grammar, and provide references following the APA style. (10 points)
The bill is Connecting Rural Telehealchoth to the Future Act
