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Legislative Summary

APIC has long been an active advocate for legislative issues concerning infection control and public health. Each year, APIC monitors and provides input to the annual appropriations process (the congressional funding mechanism). Since the mid-1990s, APIC has been recommending increased funding for public health infrastructure, specifically for addressing bioterrorism preparedness and antimicrobial resistance. Infrastructural enhancements are still needed at the local level, as are resources for funding hospital-based initiatives for responding to bioterrorist threats and emerging infectious diseases. APIC continues to lobby for funding in these areas.

CDC Coalition
Part of our appropriations advocacy work entails working directly with the national CDC Coalition. The CDC Coalition is comprised of more than 100 member organizations, and lobbies for federal funding for public health programs each year, and carefully monitors the lengthy and complex appropriations process. APIC recently signed onto a CDC Coalition group letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committee Chairs, expressing support for adequate funding for bioterrorism preparedness.

CDC Coalition Letter