[Jayhawk-chapter] An Action Requested

[Timothy Hornik]

Rob,

Any idea what legislatures you all have appointments with? Otherwise, my answer is yes.

If possible, can you all also take up the Kansas Able Saving Plan, aka the savings accounts parents can set up for their children with disabilities similar to the education accounts but geared specifically towards things like adaptive devices, housing, and employment outcomes? Senator Ward from Wichita did a purely political move by trying to insert the text of the Medicaid expansion legislation that was shot down before turn around a couple of weeks ago. This action took a very vanilla bill that would have passed easily, and set it back to probably not going to happen this session. Passage of the Kansas Able Savings plan would put Kansas in compliance with the federal legislation signed into law in December. This is not precisely a major issue one way or the other, but still beneficial for the entire disabilities community.

Thank you for your assistance,
Timothy Hornik
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Email: timothy.hornik at gmail.com
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> On Mar 22, 2015, at 10:26, Brendy Latare via Jayhawk-chapter <jayhawk-chapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I vote in favor of allocating the travel money. Thanks for speaking on our behalf Rob, and again, sorry for missing yesterday’s meeting.
> 
> If anyone is interested, I highly recommend a trip to the National Music Museum, on the campus of the University of South Dakota, in Vermillion. It is a five hour drive from Lawrence, via I-29 North. Call ahead and ask for a hands-on tour! Entrance is free on Fridays. Their website is http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm
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> Brendy
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>> On Mar 22, 2015, at 12:15 AM, Rob Tabor via Jayhawk-chapter <jayhawk-chapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hello Jayhawk federationists,
>>  
>> During today’s chapter meeting which was attended by four members and a gues (Dustin Disque) I called attention to the announcement of an educational event at the Kansas State House on Tuesday to disseminate information and to speak to members of the Kansas State Legislature about NFB Newsline®. I noted it would be good for me to participate since this falls within my responsibilities as state legislative director. A motion was made and seconded to allocate $50 to assist me in hiring a driverfor round trip transportation to Topeka for the event. However, action was deferred on the motion due to low attendance at the meeting. Since it is very important to have the input of at least a simple majority of our membership I believe it is appropriate to take action on the motion via email. Therefore, please indicate your vote on the motion by replying to this email notice of pending action. I will announce the results after at least a majority have voted. Thanks to all in advance for your prompt responses.
>>  
>> Best regards,
>> Rob
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