<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thank you for keeping us informed, Katie!</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div>Todd.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 2, 2025, at 3:52\u202fPM, Katie Adkins via NFBK <nfbk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>Please see below for an update on the CONNECT for Health Act. It's extremely important and time sensitive that we all continue to reach out to our members in the House of Representatives and ask them to pass the CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 4206. If you follow the link in the email below you will find the original legislative alert, including the script you can use for your calls and emails. Please make it a priority to call and email as soon as possible, it should only take a few minutes of your time. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Katie Adkins</div><div>Legislative Director, National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Young, Justin via NFB-Legislative-Directors</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 9:28\u202fAM<br>Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] CONNECT for Health Act Continued Advocacy During Federal Government Shut Down<br>To: <a href="mailto:nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org</a> <<a href="mailto:nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org</a>><br>Cc: Young, Justin <<a href="mailto:jyoung@nfb.org" target="_blank">jyoung@nfb.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all for the great advocacy you have done over the past month regarding our weekly legislative alert series. On September 19, 2025 the House of Representatives passed a seven week Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the
federal government until November 21 and in this CR the Medicare telehealth expansion was once again included. Unfortunately, the Senate did not pass it in time to avoid a federal government shut down meaning the telehealth provisions expired also.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The above background information makes our advocacy to get the CONNECT for Health Act passed even more important because this bill makes the Medicare telehealth program permanent. On September 4 we sent out a legislative alert where we
asked for our membership to call or email our members of the House of Representatives to build support to
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pass the CONNECT for Health Act</a> H.R. 4206. Because of our advocacy we went from 17 to 39 cosponsors. The Senate companion bill currently has 65 cosponsors which we suspect is from our much advocacy on this topic since March. We need to keep the pressure
on our Congressional members ensuring they pass H.R.4206/S.1261 making these necessary provisions permanent!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all your advocacy on the above topic and all our legislative initiatives!<u></u><u></u></p>
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