State Legislative Conference
Be an advocate for family medicine.
Attend the 2017 State Legislative Conference in Dallas November 2-4, and bring home best practices.
Learn about issues influencing health care and how to effect change where you live. Connect with health policy experts, family physicians, chapter leaders, and AAFP staff. Build your list of contacts to call on for insights and recommendations. Register now.
Share your experiences, engage in discussions, and attend sessions on:
- Health reform 2.0
- Insurance
- Direct Primary Care
- MACRA
- Climate change
- Vaccines
- AAFP health resources
- And more
Be an advocate for family medicine. Attend the 2017 State Legislative Conference.
Rate Information
- Residents and Students - $100
- Chapter Executives, staff, and AAFP members - $150
- Non-members/other - $250
Hotel Information
The Highland Dallas
5300 E Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 520-7969
Book Your Hotel Now »(secure3.hilton.com)
Note: The hotel room block closes October 5, 2017. After this date the AAFP cannot guarantee a $169 room rate.
2017 State Legislative Conference Agenda
| Thursday, November 2, 2017 | Session |
|---|---|
| Thursday, November 2, 2017: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. | Session: Pre-Conference Welcome Reception, Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield |
| Friday, November 3, 2017 | Session |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Session: Registration & Breakfast |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. | Session: Welcome to Dallas |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 8:15 - 9:00 a.m. | Session: State Roundtable and Leadership in State Governmental Advocacy Award Winners |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Session: AAFP Government Affairs Update |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Session: MACRA |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Session: Health Reform 2.0: CHIP and Medicaid Reforms |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Session: Keynote Lunch: Healthcare in the News |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 1:35 - 2:35 p.m. | Session: Health Reform 2.0: Insurance |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 2:35 - 2:50 p.m. | Session: Break |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 2:50 - 3:50 p.m. | Session: Administrative Burden: Legislative Approach to Burnout |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 3:55 - 4:55 p.m. | Session: Direct Primary Care |
| Friday, November 3, 2017: 5:05 - 5:35 p.m. | Session: Workforce Development |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017 | Session |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Session: Breakfast |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017: 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Session: Prescription Drug Abuse |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017: 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Session: Health Landscape |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017: 10:05 - 11:00 a.m. | Session: Climate Change and Its Consequences |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017: 11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Session: Defending Evidence-based Medicine: The Importance of Vaccines |
| Saturday, November 4, 2017: 12:00 p.m. | Session: Wrap Up & Adjournment |
2017 State Legislative Conference
November 2-4
The Highland Dallas
Dallas, TX
Questions?
Contact:
Robert Hall
Director, Division of Government Relations
rhall@aafp.org
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