[IL-Talk] Issues that affect blind people and seniors and other disabilities

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Please forward the above email to all of your friends and colleagues who are in support of the rights of people with disabilities and seniors and support their ability to Independent Lives in the community.

 

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 3:46 PM Clark Craig <ccraig at progresscil.org <mailto:ccraig at progresscil.org> > wrote:

Advocates,

 

     The disability-led Institutional Rescue and Recovery Coalitional (IRRC) developed two significant bills to protect the rights of people with disabilities in Illinois and to create more effective plans for helping more people to move out of institutions and into the community. 

 

These bills are each scheduled for hearings this week!

 

 <https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/148974?committeeHearingId=19844&LegislationId=148974&LegislationDocumentId=185544&HCommittees3%2F10%2F2023-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1677866332130&GridCurrentCommittees-page=2> HB3716 - creates a 'new directions task force'

Hearing Wednesday, March 8, 8:00am

 <https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/148845?committeeHearingId=19887&LegislationId=148845&LegislationDocumentId=185415&HCommittees3%2F10%2F2023-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1677865935234&GridCurrentCommittees-page=4> HB3629 - 'Dignity' (PNA, anti-retaliation, prevention of institutionalization)

Hearing Thursday, March 9, 8:00am

 

These bills must pass out of committee by the end of this week so things are moving fast abd time is short.

 

People with disabilities and seniors need your help now! 

 

HB3629 - (increases PNA, adds enforcement for anti-retaliation, helps keep people out of facilities)

 

HB3716 - creates a task force to plan a transformation of long term care so people with disabilities and elders have a real choice for getting home or community-based care, instead of a facility


(for more detail on these bills, see attached document) 

 

Here are two ways you can help now.

A.           As an individual, or on behalf of an organization, here are links to submit witness slips as a PROPONENT on the House bills (Senate hearing not yet posted)

Here's how to fill out a witness slip in support of each bill: Complete the following steps by Clicking on the two links (one for each bill), below item 9.

1.   Name, Address, City, State, Zip: Complete (no dots or abbreviations)

2.   Firm/Business:  "none" or "self."

3.   Title:  "self"

4.   Email and phone: Complete these lines

5.   Representation: "self"

6.   Position: Select "PROPONENT" to support the bill or "OPPONENT" to oppose the bill

7.   Testimony: Check "RECORD of APPEARANCE"

8.   CAPTCHA: Fill out, (put space between words if applicable)

9.   ILGA Terms of Agreement: Check box to agree.

 

To create a witness slip in support of HB 3629,  <https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/148845?committeeHearingId=19887&LegislationId=148845&LegislationDocumentId=185415&GridCurrentCommittees-page=4> Click Here

To create a witness slip in support of HB 3716,  <https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/148974?committeeHearingId=19844&LegislationId=148974&LegislationDocumentId=185544&HCommittees3%2F9%2F2023-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1677793629068&GridCurrentCommittees-page=2> Click Here

 

B.	Send a letter to your own legislators  <https://actionnetwork.org/letters/humanize-long-term-care-dignity-and-community?source=direct_link&referrer=group-institutional-rescue-and-recovery-coalition> Use this link.  Fill in your home address and follow the prompts.

 

 

 

 

 “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

― Nelson Mandela

 

“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” 

― Abraham Lincoln

 

Clark A. Craig - Community Organizer

(Institutional Rescue & Recovery Coalition [IRRC], Saving Institutional Lives via Emergency Relocation [The SILVER Project], Chicago ADAPT, Alliance for Community Services, United Power for Action and Justice, Patient Rights Action Fund [PRAF], Personal Protective Equipment for People With Disabilities [PPE4PWD], Disability Lead [formerly: Advancing Leadership])

 

Progress Center for Independent Living

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