Our Albany actions
As some of you know, on June 23rd and 24th, Rochester ADAPT went to Albany, the state capital, to, ahem, take care of some business. Actually, we visited the Assembly chamber (and had our pics taken with Asm. Joe Errigo, and Asm. Bill Reilich, co-sponsors of A10440, the Assembly version of a bill that would establish an Independent Living Center in Ontario County), then, visited the office of Asm. Susan John, to present her with a life-sized letter with 500 signatures in support of the aforementioned legislation, which she won’t sign on to. We then paid a visit to the office of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to present him with a gift of 500 postcards signed by folks in support of A10440.
ADAPT then took over the offices of the Department of the Budget (DOB) because they will not release the reimbursemnt rates for agencies participating in the Nursing Facility Transition and Diversion (NFTD) Waiver. The law enacting this waiver was signed four years ago, but the waiver has not been implemented because the rates have not been released! Check out Chris’s post, ADAPT takes on Albany, on the CDR Blog to find out what happened!
The next day, we visited the Department of Health (DOH) to follow up, and to put some hard questions to Bruce Rosen, the Director of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Program, and the NFTD Waiver, and Stuart Rosenblatt, Director of the Division of Planning and Policy. Afterwards, ADAPT stormed the State Education Department building and demanded to meet with its commissioner.
So, did ADAPT meet The Commish? What went down at DOH? Check out my CDR Blog post called Day Two of ADAPT Takes on Albany to find out!