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Sponsors Needed for Wellness for Individuals with
Disabilities Act!!!
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
ACTION ALERT
Promoting Wellness for
Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 has been
introduced,
Sponsors Needed!
Last month NCIL started collecting stories from across the country
in support of Senator Harkin's Promoting Wellness for Individuals
with Disabilities Act of 2007. Senator Harkin was the chief
sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and now he has
introduced break-though legislation to increase the availability
of accessible healthcare equipment. The bill also creates a
national wellness grant program to support the prevention of
secondary conditions and training requirements to increase
competency and clinical skills for healthcare providers. NCIL has
promised Senator Harkin support for this legislation, S.1050.
NOW is the time to secure co-sponsors in the Senate and promote a
companion bill in the House of Representatives!
Please call your elected members of Congress and tell them your
stories about the lack of accessible medical diagnostic equipment
and ask them to sign onto the Senate Bill or support a companion
bill in the House of Representatives.
The Senate bill has been referred to the Health, Education, Labor
and Pension (HELP) Committee. We need the support of all Senators,
particularly those on the HELP committee to get this legislation
passed, and to improve health and wellness opportunities for
people with disabilities.
If you have further questions or need more information, please
contact Elizabeth Leef, Health Care Policy Analyst at 1710 Rhode
Island Ave, NW 5th Floor Washington, DC 20036 (202) 207-0334, or
e-mail Elizabeth@ncil.org .
For examples, see
http://ilru.virtualhosts.com/cgi-bin/forum/board_show.pl?bid=36
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