This Action Alert comes from the Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) ...
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We need you to help keep the TBI and NHTD Waiver Programs out of managed care!
Use your voice to help advocate for a permanent carve-out of TBI and NHTD Waiver services. Contact Governor Cuomo and other state lawmakers today! Communicate support for Part II (Assembly) and Part JJ (Senate) of the Health and Mental Hygiene Article VII Bill. Call your legislators. Ask them to share their support for the carve-out and that the provisions be included in the final budget to:
Governor Cuomo
Senator Stewart-Cousins, Senate Majority Leader
Assemblymember Carl Heastie, Assembly Speaker
Senator Krueger, Senate Finance Chair and
Assemblymember Helene Weinstein, Assembly Ways and Means Chair
Remember to include personal stories and the impact that the Waivers have on you.
Lawmaker contact information:
Governor Andrew Cuomo: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/andrea-stewart-cousins/contact
Senator Liz Krueger: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/liz-krueger/contact
Assemblymember Helene Weinstein: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Helene-E-Weinstein/contact/
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carl-E-Heastie/contact/
Find your State Senator: https://www.nysenate.gov/registration/nojs/form/start/find-my-senator
Find your State Assemblymember: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Contact Christina Lebeau, BIANYS Director of Advocacy & Engagement with questions at clebeau@bianys.org or 518-459-7911.
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If you are interested in these or other disability advocacy issues, contact Colleen Downs, Systems Advocate at:
colleen@ncci-online.com
518-563-9058 Ext. 110
The Mission of the North Country Center for Independence is to help people with disabilities to live more independent and productive lives, and promote better policies and community understanding of disability issues. NCCI serves people with disabilities, families, and the community on issues related to physical and mental disabilities. NCCI is led and staffed mostly by people with disabilities. It is one of the 41 Independent Living Centers in New York State. There are also hundreds of similar centers throughout the United States. NCCI serves Clinton and Essex Counties, New York.