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- TESTIMONY OMRDD FIVE-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - 2005-2010
- PRESIDENT RELEASES FY 2006 FEDERAL BUDGET
- BACKGROUND CHECK INFO SESSIONS
- LEGISLATIVE DAY IS APPROACHING!!
TESTIMONY OMRDD FIVE-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - 2005-2010
Attached is testimony prepared by NYSACRA to be submitted at the Commissioner’s Hearings on the OMRDD Five Year Plan. Please use it to help develop your own thoughts and testimony. The Commissioner’s draft plan is on the OMRDD website for review, as is the hearing schedule.
PRESIDENT RELEASES FY 2006 FEDERAL BUDGET
President Bush released his Fiscal Year 2006 Federal Budget this week. According Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA: "The President's cuts of at least $45 billion in federal Medicaid payments is huge and will shift enormous costs to the states, an ill-conceived move that will add to the financial burden states are already experiencing. As a result, many seniors, children, and the sickest people in Medicaid will be devastated by a loss of health coverage.
"The enormity of the proposed $45 billion cutback is evident from the number of seniors and children who could be covered with the money eliminated by the Bush Administration's proposal. The dollar amount lost in the fifth year of the proposal alone is the equivalent of providing health coverage for over 345,000 seniors. It is also the equivalent of giving health coverage to almost 1.8 million children.
"The greatest damage will be done to the sickest, oldest, and most vulnerable people now receiving health coverage through Medicaid-seniors in nursing homes, people with catastrophic and costly illnesses, and millions of children. These people, who are misleadingly labeled "optional" beneficiaries, are the people who need health care the most.”
NYSACRA will provide further information about the Federal budget proposal and action that you can take in the near future.
BACKGROUND CHECK INFO SESSIONS
OMR will be holding informational sessions throughout the State on the new Criminal Background Check Law (CBC) that goes into effect on April 1, 2005. These info sessions will be held twice on each day to accommodate the expected large audience. OMR requests that you bring no more than 2 people from an Agency. Actual training in obtaining fingerprints will occur at a later date, these sessions will help Agencies understand the law and their obligations. For more information come to one of the sessions:
2/10/05 – Finger Lakes DDSO;
2/11/05 – Central NY DDSO;
2/16/05 – Long Island at Nassau AHRC;
2/17/05 – Metro NY DDSO.
Call Debie Whiting at 518-474-9932 or the notice is available online at: http://www.nysacra.org/nysacra/cbcform.pdf.
LEGISLATIVE DAY IS APPROACHING!!
Legislative Day 2005 is March 1st and right around the corner. Have you made your reservations yet? Please visit the NYSACRA Website at www.nysacra.org/nysacra/legday2005.htm for more information! Please send in registration forms if you haven’t already. Also, please support NYSACRA’s message by taking an ad in the Legislative Gazette. |
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