Awesome News!

Sorry to postpone my next blog, but I am here to share some AWESOME news!  

The proposed legislation, S 122 “An Act Relative to Persons with Developmental Disabilities” just reported favorably by the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing!!!!  It will now proceed to the Senate for further consideration.  This is the furthest that this legislation has progressed!!!!  

Please, contact your legislators in the Massachusetts Senate, asking them to support this bill!!!   https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Members/Senate

Part of the process of legislation is that bills go separately to the Senate and the House of Representatives, and then if both come out of committees favorably, the two bills are compared for continuity, and then voted on together.  Our HOUSE bill H 261 “An Act Relative to Persons with Developmental Disabilities” reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means.  THIS is the group that we really need to focus on NOW!!!!!  

Please, contact your legislators in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, asking them to support this bill!!!   Use the link House Ways and Means to find members of this committee.  Write, email or call yours, or contact them all!!!  

There are sample letters on our website: www.massFAS.org  Contact your legilators, PLEASE!!!  Every bit helps!  All of your past advocacy has gotten us this far.  Don’t stop now!!!!

Written by Kristen Eriksen