California Chiropractic Association

Donate to the CCA Political Action Committee (CCPAC) and the new Californians to Protect Chiropractic Patient Rights Political Action Committee!

The purpose of the bipartisan CCPAC is to help elect state legislators who are pro-chiropractic. The Californians to Protect Chiropractic Patient Rights Committee provides financial support to pro-chiropractic propositions, specific legislation, and other non-candidate related issues. When you combine your resources with other local doctors of chiropractic through the CCPAC and/or the Californians to Protect Chiropractic Patient Rights Committee, you become part of a high-powered statewide effort to elect candidates and promote policymaking that supports the profession of chiropractic. Remember, no contribution is too small!

CCA's expert legal counsel is a vital force in protecting the profession of chiropractic. CCA

utilizes its legal counsel in a variety of ways – to address questionable regulatory changes, review the legalities of pending legislation and to provide counsel regarding problematic issues that impact CCA's membership such as unfair billing practices to the implementation of the new laws related to workers' compensation. CCA's attorney takes on a wide range of issues that individual doctors of chiropractic cannot fight on their own. Remember, when you combine your resources with other doctors of chiropractic, you become part of a high-powered statewide effort.

The CCA website contains all the latest legislative information. Go to the “News & Legislation” section and you will find the latest political action alerts, the current bills CCA is tracking, and find out who are your state representatives. You can create letters to your legislators regarding the latest issues directly from this site.

Ever wonder what a successful grassroots campaign is composed of? Want to learn about how the CCA grassroots program works and how you can become a part of it? Want to learn the “ins & outs” of effective grassroots lobbying, how to write effective letters to your legislators and how to organize your local CCA district to support a local candidate?

If you are a doctor of chiropractic member of CCA, become a Key Doctor. The Key Doctor Program is a central component of the CCA Governmental Affairs Department. This grassroots program is designed to educate the legislature about the profession and scope of doctors of chiropractic; establish and maintain positive relationships with legislators; and provide information to the Governmental Affairs Department and CCA District presidents regarding legislative concerns.

The Key Doctor acts as a contact liaison between his or her assigned legislator/s and the CCA Governmental Affairs Department and his or her local CCA district president. CCA Governmental Affairs Department will provide all Key Doctors a grassroots training manual that will assist Key Doctors in effective grassroots lobbying techniques.

Key Doctors are appointed by the Key Doctor Program Committee Chairperson in conjunction with the Governmental Affairs Committee Chairperson. The goal of the Key Doctor Program is to have at least one doctor of chiropractic assigned to each legislator. If

you are interested in becoming a Key Doctor or know of a doctor in your district that has a relationship with a legislator who would be like to become a Key Doctor, contact Michelle at (916) 648-2727, x136 or mbancroft@calchiro.org.

Click here to learn more about the Key Doctor Program

Click here to read the CCA Grassroots Training Manual

The CCA Legislative Conference has been an annual event at CCA for the last fifteen years. The conference is an opportunity for doctors of chiropractic, chiropractic assistants, and students of chiropractic to become informed regarding grassroots lobbying and the key legislative issues that effect the profession. It is also an opportunity for attendees to meet their legislators and to represent the chiropractic profession. The next CCA Legislative Conference will be held in May 11, 2010 in Sacramento.