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WID sponsored AB 1113 (Brownley) headed to CA Senate
Appropriations Committee Hearing set for August 20th!
By Ginny Murphy
AB 1113 by author Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, sponsored by WID, passed out of the State Assembly on June 6, 2007. Thanks to the support from over 50 state and national organizations such as CFILC, AARP, SEIU, and Health Care for All, the Assembly vote was bipartisan with 50 in favor, 27 opposed. AB 1113 remains intact with none of its provisions changed or dropped! AB 1113 passed out of the CA Senate Health Committee on July 11 with a bipartisan vote of eight in favor, three opposed; it now heads to a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing August 20th.
AB 1113 would make important changes to the 250% Medi-Cal Working Disabled program which provides Medi-Cal services for workers with a disability. The new bill waives asset and resource limits, removes the current program's marriage penalties, exempts public and private retirement income for those enrolled, and does away with the program’s current sunset provision. The program is set to end in 2008 without this provision. A legislative analyst commented recently: “Oh so folks in this program can do what most everyone else does with their lives, get married and save to buy a home.”
The statewide GAPS Task Force on the 250% Medi-Cal Working Disabled Program, staffed by WID, has been working on recommendations to improve the Medi-Cal program. Seamless access to health care is a complicated but upfront quality of life issue for people with disabilities. While gaining independence is at the core of our struggle for affordable, accessible health care, many people find health care programs available to people with disabilities hard to work with. AB 1113 improves our quality of life.
AB 1113 (Brownley, Migden)
Now in the CA Senate
What YOU can do! - Send a letter of support to Your Senator
The DB101 team at WID continues to launch new tools addressing the intricacies of health and benefit programs with their latest calculator, 250% - Medi-Cal for the Working Disabled. Visit DB101 and try the new calculator tool to learn more about this health care program for workers and business people with a disability.
Appropriations Committee Hearing set for August 20th!
By Ginny Murphy
AB 1113 by author Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, sponsored by WID, passed out of the State Assembly on June 6, 2007. Thanks to the support from over 50 state and national organizations such as CFILC, AARP, SEIU, and Health Care for All, the Assembly vote was bipartisan with 50 in favor, 27 opposed. AB 1113 remains intact with none of its provisions changed or dropped! AB 1113 passed out of the CA Senate Health Committee on July 11 with a bipartisan vote of eight in favor, three opposed; it now heads to a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing August 20th.
AB 1113 would make important changes to the 250% Medi-Cal Working Disabled program which provides Medi-Cal services for workers with a disability. The new bill waives asset and resource limits, removes the current program's marriage penalties, exempts public and private retirement income for those enrolled, and does away with the program’s current sunset provision. The program is set to end in 2008 without this provision. A legislative analyst commented recently: “Oh so folks in this program can do what most everyone else does with their lives, get married and save to buy a home.”
The statewide GAPS Task Force on the 250% Medi-Cal Working Disabled Program, staffed by WID, has been working on recommendations to improve the Medi-Cal program. Seamless access to health care is a complicated but upfront quality of life issue for people with disabilities. While gaining independence is at the core of our struggle for affordable, accessible health care, many people find health care programs available to people with disabilities hard to work with. AB 1113 improves our quality of life.
AB 1113 (Brownley, Migden)
Now in the CA Senate
What YOU can do! - Send a letter of support to Your Senator
- Use the AB 1113 template support letter so you can send your letter of support to California Senators by August 17th.
- Your local State Senator's contact info is at: www.senate.ca.gov
- For a copy of the latest list of individuals and all the major organizations supporting the bipartisan AB 1113, contact Ginny Murphy at WID.
- Receive a text copy of the WID testimony at the Health Committee Hearing, April 17, 2007.
- You can view the video of the entire Health Committee hearing. When the new browser opens, click on Health Committee’s WATCH. Cue the video feed up to one hour thirty three minutes (1:33) to see the AB 1113 portion.
- For more information contact GAPS Co-Chairs Eli Gelardin and Alana Theriault.
The DB101 team at WID continues to launch new tools addressing the intricacies of health and benefit programs with their latest calculator, 250% - Medi-Cal for the Working Disabled. Visit DB101 and try the new calculator tool to learn more about this health care program for workers and business people with a disability.
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