Advocate for Seniors

DEADLINE THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd

Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) is still on the Governor's list of programs to be eliminated. An Assembly Budget Committee hearing will be held on Monday, April 26th. In advance of that, we need to let the committee members know how vital ADHC is to community-based services and why it absolutely should not be eliminated.

How You Can Help

You can help by faxing your legislator’s District office and Capitol office this week. Letters must be faxed by Thursday, April 22nd.

In your own words, please prepare two letters on your letterhead, to send to the Assembly and Senate Budget Sub-Committees and leadership of each house. You can find your legislature here: www.legislature.ca.gov.

The letters can have the same content, simply change the addressee.

Fax Numbers

ASSEMBLY

The Assembly letter should be faxed to the Assembly Budget Sub-committee #1 Chair (Dave Jones) with a cc: to the Assembly Members listed below, as well as to your own Assembly Member.
Assembly Speaker John Perez: 916 319 2146
Bob Blumenfield ( Budget Chair): 916 319 2140
Jim Nielsen (Vice-Chair): 916 319 2102
Hector De La Torre: 916 319 2150
Jim Beall: 916 319 2124
Bill Emmerson: 916 319 2163
Wesley Chesbro: 916 319 2101
Brian Nestande: 916 319 2164
Sample letter to Assembly Member Jones

SENATE

The Senate letters should be faxed to the Senate Budget Sub-committee #3 Chair (Mark Leno) with a cc: to the Senators listed below and to your own Senator.
President Pro Tempore
Darrell Steinberg: 916 323 2263
Denise Ducheny (Budget Chair): 916 327 3522
Bob Dutton(Vice-Chair): 916 327 2272
Roy Ashburn: 916 322 3304
Elaine Alquist: 916 324 0283
Sample letter to Senator Leno

The message is simple

Oppose the elimination of ADHC - it is based on false savings.

The ADHC program helps to avoid higher costs in emergency departments, hospitals, and nursing facilities by managing many medical diseases and conditions such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and diabetes.

Key points you may include

• Eliminating Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) will cost more in dollars and in lives than it saves.
• California will lose more than $192.5 million in federal matching funds
• Increased costs are likely with increased hospitalizations, use of ERs, and placements in nursing homes
• Instead, please support legislation to amend eligibility criteria to avoid conflict with federal laws, such as the ADA and Olmstead decision, while targeting services to those most in need.

Spread the word

Please share this information with your community partners. Thank you for your support!