[Nfbmt] Legislature

[Jim Marks]

If you are interested in Blind and Low Vision Services funding and 
programs for the next couple of years, you may want to attend in person 
or online this
week’s presentation and hearing of the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee 
of Health and Human Services.  The presentation begins at 9:00 AM 
Thursday, February
5.  The hearing begins around 10:30.  Both will be held in Capitol room 
102, and both will be broadcast on the Legislatures website.

I thought it might be helpful to have blind-friendly directions on how 
to listen online as well as how to provide input to the Subcommittee 
members.  Directions
are below.  Try listening to something ahead of time to make sure 
everything works.

To show the table of legislative broadcasts, click on this link:

http://montanalegislature.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=89

This webpage shows a table of floor sessions and committee meetings, and 
it changes as new information becomes available.  To listen or view 
online, find
the committee meeting you want, then move to the next table cell, which 
is the date.  If a date shows, the broadcast will occur then.  If it 
says, “live,”
press either a spacebar or an enter key, and a new page loads.  The 
broadcast should begin when the page loads, and the page contains lots 
of information
about the agenda and other committee information.

In the event the link above does not work, go to the Montana 
Legislature’s homepage, which can be found with Google or another search 
engine.  Click on
the link called “Watch and Listen.”  Choose live and upcoming, which 
will display the table referenced above.

And here are the Subcommittee members and ways to contact them:

Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Committee 
Members:

Representative Ron Ehli  (R) HD 86 - Chair

Senator Roger Webb  (R) SD 23 - Vice Chair

Representative Tom Burnett  (R) HD 67

Senator Mary Caferro  (D) SD 41

Senator Bob Keenan  (R) SD 5

Representative Pat Noonan  (D) HD 74

Online contact form:

http://leg.mt.gov/css/Sessions/64th/legwebmessage.asp

(To send one message to the entire committee, make sure to check the 
committee option and then select "Health and Human Services" from the 
drop-down list)

Phone: 406-444-4800

TTY: 406-444-4462

Callers may leave messages for up to 5 individual legislators or 1 
legislative committee per call.

Fax:

House: 406-444-4825

Senate: 406-444-4875

Mail:

Senator (insert name)

Montana Senate

PO Box 200500

Helena, MT 59620-0500

Or

Representative (insert name)

Montana House of Representatives

PO Box 200400

Helena, MT 59620-0400

-- 
Jim Marks
blind.grizzly at gmail.com