Advocacy and Public Policy News

Advocacy and Public Policy News Advanced 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

Advocacy and Public Policy News Commissioner 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

Advocacy and Public Policy News Senior Housing Advocacy Flier: Let your elected officials know how important it is to fund affordable senior housing.
February 23, 2016

Advocacy and Public Policy News Minimum 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

Advocacy and Public Policy News 2016-17 Executive Health & Medicaid Budget Overview
January 15, 2016

Advocacy and Public Policy News LeadingAge New York and LeadingAge National Document 2015 Accomplishments: Summaries of accomplishments during 2015 at the State and national level.
January 12, 2016

Advocacy and Public Policy News LeadingAge New York Unveils 2016 Public Policy Agenda: Association outlines a series of legislative, regulatory and policy objectives for 2016.
January 12, 2016

Advocacy and Public Policy News Minimum Wage and Minimum Wage Reimbursement Tax Credit: Coming this Dec. 31st, there will be some increases.
December 29, 2015

Advocacy and Public Policy News Breastfeeding Mothers’ Bill of Rights: A new law in regards to breastfeeding mothers' will go into effect Jan. 1st.
December 28, 2015

Advocacy and Public Policy News Additional Funding for Housing and Community-Based Services: Thanks to your advocacy we have achieved a preliminary victory on 2016 funding for senior housing and services programs. Now we have to make sure these essential services get the funding increases they need.
November 12, 2015