Dear Independent Living Advocate,

 

The Community Choice Act of 2007, amends title XIX of the Social Security Act to make community- based attendant care services an alternative for Medicaid recipients who are "institutionally eligible."   On Tuesday, September 25 the Senate Finance Committee will conduct a hearing on Community Choices Act.  NCIL is collecting testimonies from across the nation that will be entered into the record of the hearing and serve to establish the depth of need and support for this legislation.

 

A member of NCIL's PAS Subcommittee may have already contacted you asking you to submit written testimony or identify someone from your state to submit testimony to the Senate Finance Committee.  If you have already done that, thank you.  If you haven't, there is only six day until the hearing. 

 

Elizabeth Leaf at the NCIL office and I are ready to answer questions and provide assistance if you need it.  Attached is an outline for preparing testimony and talking points.  These may be helpful.  

 

Judy Roy

PAS Subcommittee Chair