Advocacy and Public Policy News
 
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsLeadingAge NY Meets with State Officials, Other Stakeholders on Paid Family Leave
- Meeting included updates on the law and discussion on awareness campaign. 
- November 18, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsE-Prescribing Advocacy Alert
- LeadingAge NY strongly urges members to send the Governor letters of support for e-prescribing requirements exemption bill. 
- September 26, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsDivision of the Budget Announces Launch of Nonprofit Coordination Website
- New website will enhance the relationship between state government and nonprofit organizations. 
- September 13, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsLeadingAge NY Issues 2016 End of Session Report
- LeadingAge NY has developed a guide to the health, housing and long term care legislation followed over the course of the 2016 Legislative Session. 
- June 28, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsAdvanced Home Health Aides may be coming!
- The governor and legislative leaders are actively negotiating amendments to legislation, A.7188-A (Glick), that would authorize AHHA to provide advanced tasks under the supervision of a registered nurse and pursuant to an authorized practitioner’s ordered care. 
- June 7, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsCommissioner of Health Delays Nursing Home e-Prescribing Requirements
- LeadingAge New York is pleased to announce that the Commissioner of Health, Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D., has just issued a waiver for nursing homes from the e-prescribing mandate through at least March 27, 2017 
- March 17, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsSenior Housing Advocacy Flier
- Let your elected officials know how important it is to fund affordable senior housing. 
- February 23, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsMinimum Wage Letter to the Governor
- LeadingAge NY, along with the Home Care Association, Healthcare Association of New York State, and New York State Health Facilities Association, sent a letter to the Governor, expressing concerns about his proposal to increase the State’s minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next several years, without providing additional funding to cover the associated costs. 
- February 4, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy News2016-17 Executive Health & Medicaid Budget Overview
- January 15, 2016
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Advocacy and Public Policy NewsLeadingAge New York and LeadingAge National Document 2015 Accomplishments
- Summaries of accomplishments during 2015 at the State and national level. 
- January 12, 2016
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