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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. The bill also addresses parental access to health information and parental rights.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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They found that between 2017 and 2030, they think the percentage of the population that’s 65 and up is going to triple in that 15-year period. When they think about homelessness, their mind goes to what I would call the individual risk factors, things like having a substance use disability or mental health disability.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

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So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues. But now one kid’s off this side of the planet, the other one’s over there, this one’s here, and the elders are not part of a family community, what is more even a community, local community. And then access to those.