<div dir="ltr">FYI   Mary<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Melissa Marshall</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:melissamarshallada@gmail.com">melissamarshallada@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 14, 2020 at 12:22 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Action Alert! Legislative Sign On & CMS Public Comment please distribute<br>To: Melissa Marshall <<a href="mailto:melissa.marshall@snet.net">melissa.marshall@snet.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please distribute to your networks. Note that organizational sign on for the Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act and comments for <span style="color:#202020">nursing home regulations called Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) are being requested. You can sign on organizations directly using the form below. Feel free to submit individual comments on the proposed regulation. I will be drafting comments on behalf of the Alliance.-Melissa</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Action Alert!</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><div><p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Legislative Sign-on Today & CMS Public Comments Needed</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Senator Casey is introducing the Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act TOMORROW <u>Thursday, May 14, 2020</u><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">To add your organizational support, or for more information, on this bill contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Stacy Sanders at <a href="mailto:Stacy_Sanders@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89">Stacy_Sanders@aging.senate.gov</span></a>,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007c89"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Michael Gamel-McCormick at <a href="mailto:Michael_Gamel-McCormick@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89">Michael_Gamel-McCormick@aging.senate.gov</span></a>,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007c89"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Samantha Koehler at <a href="mailto:Samantha_Koehler@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89">Samantha_Koehler@aging.senate.gov</span></a>, or</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007c89"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Josh Dubenski at <a href="mailto:Josh_Dubenski@aging.senate.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89">Josh_Dubenski@aging.senate.gov</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007c89"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal;min-height:18.4px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helve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