Hi All:

The NH Senate floor will be voting on two important bills tomorrow and we need you to let your State Senator know that you support this legislation. This is time critical and needs to be done before the bills hit the floor, so please do this tonight.

SB 36 - Expand the state's systems of care for healthy aging. State Senators Avard and Rosenwald from Region

• SB36 expands the state's systems of care for healthy aging, increases access to home and community based services, establishes person-centered counseling programs through aging and disability resource centers, and makes appropriations to the department of health and human services for these purposes.
• Some key wording in the bill is as follows: "The department shall establish a system of community-based [information and referral] aging and disability resource centers that provide information and referral services to [elderly and chronically ill adults] older adults and adults with disabilities."

SB 86 - Medicaid rate increase to help address our critical workforce shortage

• SB86 makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Medicaid provider rate increases. The bill also directs the office of professional licensure and certification to submit a report relative to community health worker certification.

You can find your State Senator by visiting the following link. Select your town and it will tell you who your State Senator is and how to contact them: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/wml.aspx.

For convenience, I've created the following table below that consists of State Senators covering Region 6. All you need to do is find your town and click on the associated email for the State Senator. My apologies for the formatting of the emails -- it is out of my control. :-(