Legislative Advocacy
2018 Advocacy Accomplishments
- Successfully Advocated for & Defended Hospice CON
- Derailed the Constitutional Revision Commission ‘Proposal 54’ which would have Eliminated Hospice CON via Constitutional Amendment
- Worked With Our Partners Toward Medicaid Managed Care Resolutions
2019 Legislative Priorities
- Preserve Hospice CON
- Pass a Controlled Substances Glitch Bill to Exempt Physicians Serving Hospice & Palliative Care Patients from the Burdens of the PDMP (Learn more about the Bill HERE)
- Educate Legislators on, What Is Hospice?
- Resolve Lingering Payer Dysfunctions by Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Plans and the Resulting Hospice Aging Accounts