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

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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

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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.

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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

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

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Make sure to cite the

including

source

source and date of

date/ source

publication.

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