The LAFP needs your help in our efforts and are asking that as a member that you begin making contacts.  We have developed a timeline for you as a guide leading up to when session starts.  Please contact your local legislator’s office to drop off your business card or contact information in the next couple of weeks. We stand at 1,900+ members and there are only 144 representatives and senators. With your help, we can make a difference!

As a subject matter expert and a valued constituent, elected officials need – and, in fact, count on – expert opinions like yours to make effective legislative decisions.  Of the 144 representatives and senators in the LA Legislature, there is not a physician who serves currently. Your members of the legislature have some medical knowledge but are more likely to be a former mayor, attorney, business owner, educator, or even a farmer than a healthcare professional. 

While e-mails, social media outreach, and phone calls are valued ways of communicating, nothing compares to in-person visits with your legislators. It can be very difficult to find time to meet personally with your legislators while they are in session. However, over the next few months, meeting with your own representative and senator is an important goal of the LAFP as we begin preparing for the legislative session in 2026. 

Timeline

• First Contact: Make your first contact by stopping by your legislators’ office and drop off your business card or contact information.
• Second Contact: Make a phone call to your legislators and follow-up.
• Third Contact: Make an in person visit to your legislators’ office. Ask your legislators for a meeting to explain the real implications of health care policy for you, your practice, and your patients.