Child Health Day, 2010

This proclamation designates October 4, 2010 as Child Health Day, calling on families, health professionals, community organizations, and governments to promote children's health and safety. It highlights the childhood obesity epidemic, references the Affordable Care Act's coverage protections for children, and cites the Let's Move! initiative and interagency task forces on childhood obesity and environmental health risks to children.

Federal Register Open PDF 75 FR 62449

Impact dates

Jan 1, 2014
ACA basic dental and vision coverage for children under health plans in exchanges begins
Oct 4, 2010
Child Health Day proclaimed

Key directives

Proclaim Monday, October 4, 2010 as Child Health Day
Call upon families, child health professionals, faith-based and community organizations, and all levels of government to help ensure America's children stay safe and healthy

Timeline

Immediate

Child Health Day observance on October 4, 2010

Near term (90d)

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Long term

Affordable Care Act children's coverage provisions effective 2014
Task Force on Childhood Obesity to develop recommendations
Let's Move! initiative ongoing

Risks & tensions

Document is primarily ceremonial with no binding policy directives; ACA 2014 provisions mentioned as context, not created by this proclamation
Childhood obesity 'solve within a generation' goal lacks specific metrics or enforcement mechanism