Assignment
Write a 550-word paper summarizing the path a bill takes to become a law. Utilize your selected health policy issue as the hypothetical bill when delineating the legislative process.
Health policy issue: Prescription drug abuse
Include the following in your paper:
Possible political strategies that may be employed to push the proposed bill through the varying stages of the legislative process and keep it from being stalled or killed.
Why are these strategies the most appropriate?
How will these strategies influence your particular bill?
Using a conceptual model for policy making from p. 64 in Ch. 7 of Policy & Politics, explain why the bill should be placed on the formal agenda for the legislature.
What potential barriers currently exist that could block the bill from being passed?
How will you keep these barriers from derailing your bills process?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.