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Legislative Breakfast Postponed: Legislation Needs Your Attention
Published August 24, 2007
Notification from the Regional Public Policy Committee of PRO-ACT: Due to an extremely heavy legislative agenda in Harrisburg and Washington D.C. it has been extremely difficult for our legislators to commit to attending the PRO-ACT Legislative breakfast on Sept 14th 2007 at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia. In addition, pending legislation may have an impact on ACT 106 that deserves our immediate and undivided attention.
Therefore, the Regional Public Policy committee has decided to postpone this event to a date that will be determined later. As an alternative of your attendance to this event, the committee has asked for your help in the following ways:
The United States Senate returns to Washington on September 5, 2007. Please take these steps beginning Monday, August 20, 2007 through Wednesday, August 29, 2007. PA’s Act 106 of 1989 is under attack and our struggle with Washington to protect access to addiction treatment through our treatment law continues.
- Go to the local offices of Senators Specter and Casey or utilize the fax and website links below. Do not schedule appointments. Be polite but make it clear you are prepared to wait as long as necessary to meet with staff. (If we fail to secure changes in the Senate bill, the lives of our people will be endangered.)
- Convey the message to hold up S.558 until Pennsylvania’s ACT 106 is protected, otherwise, managed care is allowed to resume “managing” access to treatment through use of medical necessity criteria and other procedures.
- Support Recovery Walks! to be held September 9, 2007 at Memorial Hall, 4231 N. Concourse Dr. in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA. Register online, or contact our Philadelphia PRO-ACT Office at (215) 923-1661 for more information.
Please utilize the fax sheets and contact forms below:
- View/download a fax sheet to contact Senator Casey.
- View/download a fax sheet to contact Senator Specter.
- Use an online form to contact Senator Casey.
- Use an online form to contact Senator Specter.
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