Federal Efforts
Explore our advocacy efforts at the Federal level.
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Advocacy Initiatives
Explore our main advocacy initiatives to uplift the massage therapy profession through federal, state, and healthcare priorities.
We work to shape federal and state policies—and the health care arena—to advance recognition of massage as essential to health and wellness. By collaborating with federal agencies, legislators, state boards, and professional associations, we champion fair regulation, stronger professional standards, and broader integration into health care systems. These efforts build stronger partnerships, protect licensure, elevate the profession, and amplify massage’s role in national health care conversations.
What Is Advocacy?
Expand your understanding of how our advocacy efforts advance the profession by learning what advocacy is, how the legislative process works, why AMTA advocates, and more.