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Dear all,
It occurred to me that I may not have stressed the importance of what is happening in the NYS Legislature.
NYS Assemblyman Gottfried wrote an excellent bill for OPMC Reform, balanced in terms of being protective of patients' rights, but also giving doctors rights that Lyme patient advocates have wanted for years.
Unfortunately Gottfried is now in discussions with NYS Senator Hannon to keep his reforms in the "Patterson Patient Safety Bill. (A11136/ S8298)
Due to Patterson's influence, Gottfried's OPMC Reform bill is now being called "Patient Safety Bill."
While patient safety is imperative, the future of medicine depends on doctors having due process rights BEFORE any charges are made and also being allowed rules of evidence, should there be charges.
Doctors have to feel protected also - so that they can help patients who may need some "thinking outside the box."
The issue does point back, as we always have said - doctors' rights mean patients' rights.
There is a small window of opportunity If you are able to contact Senator Hannon, today, please do the following - the message is so brief that it could take you only a few minutes!
Call and write Senator Hannon!
2. SAMPLE LETTER: Please send by fax (sufficient by itself), or email and snail mail
(518) 426-6954 fax - Faxes are best but if you can't fax,
Send your le-mail to hannon@... AND please send a copy via snail mail.
IF SENDING BY EMAIL: Put "S8298 Patient Safety" in the subject line.
The Honorable Kemp Hannon,
Constituents ONLY use this address:
224 Seventh St., Suite 200
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 739-1700 phone
(516) 747-7430 fax
email: hannon@...
ALL other New Yorkers use this address:
Call and write Senator Hannon!
WHAT TO SAY TO SENATOR HANNON'S OFFICE.
1. PHONE: (518) 455-2200
1. PHONE: (518) 455-2200
Identify yourself as an concerned New Yorker and a constituent, if you are.
Say: Please include the due-process and rules of evidence from the OPMC reform bills into the governor's Patient Safety bill. No public charges against doctors without prior due process and rules of evidence.
2. SAMPLE LETTER: Please send by fax (sufficient by itself), or email and snail mail
(518) 426-6954 fax - Faxes are best but if you can't fax,
Send your le-mail to hannon@... AND please send a copy via snail mail.
IF SENDING BY EMAIL: Put "S8298 Patient Safety" in the subject line.
The Honorable Kemp Hannon,
Constituents ONLY use this address:
224 Seventh St., Suite 200
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 739-1700 phone
(516) 747-7430 fax
email: hannon@...
ALL other New Yorkers use this address:
501 Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12247
(518) 455-2200 phone
(518) 426-6954 fax
email: hannon@...
SAMPLE LETTER:
Date ______
Dear Senator Hannon:
I am a concerned New Yorker (and/or a constituent.)
Albany, NY 12247
(518) 455-2200 phone
(518) 426-6954 fax
email: hannon@...
SAMPLE LETTER:
Date ______
Dear Senator Hannon:
I am a concerned New Yorker (and/or a constituent.)
I urge you to include the due-process and rules of evidence from the OPMC reform bills into the governor's Patient Safety bill. No public charges against doctors without prior due process and rules of evidence.
Sincerely,
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
Enter your zip code here to see if you are a constituent of Senator Hannon:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/?lvl=L_
The following Long Island towns are in Senator Hannon's district (#6):
Levittown, Massapequa, Garden City, Uniondale, Hempstead, Farmingdale,
Franklin Square, Bethpage, Salisbury, Garden City South, Plainview, Lakeview,
Plainedge, Island Trees, East Meadow
(Click here to view map:
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Senatorbio.nsf/Public_LIMap?openform_
Sincerely,
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
Enter your zip code here to see if you are a constituent of Senator Hannon:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/?lvl=L_
The following Long Island towns are in Senator Hannon's district (#6):
Levittown, Massapequa, Garden City, Uniondale, Hempstead, Farmingdale,
Franklin Square, Bethpage, Salisbury, Garden City South, Plainview, Lakeview,
Plainedge, Island Trees, East Meadow
(Click here to view map:
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Senatorbio.nsf/Public_LIMap?openform_
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