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Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007
ATTENTION:
DISABILITY CAUCUS!
As is his custom, Sen.
Harkin is once again taking action to improve
the quality of life of PWD’s!
Get involved!
1.
Please note the following Action Alert
from NCIL. If you have
encountered barriers at or been denied service
in a health care provider’s facility, tell you
stories as directed below!
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON
INDEPENDENT LIVING (NCIL) ACTION ALERT
Your
stories are needed to support vital legislation
to improve access to
medical equipment! If you have ever been
denied diagnostic medical testing or ran into
barriers while getting a mammogram, an x-ray,
or getting on an examination table in a
physicians office because of your
disability, NCIL needs to know about
it!
Senator
Tom Harkin (D-IA) will introduce the
“Promoting Wellness for
Individuals with Disabilities
Act of 2007 in the coming weeks to establish
accessibility standards for medical diagnostic
equipment and create wellness grants to fund
health programs that focus on individuals with
disabilities.
NCIL has
promised Senator Harkin support. Senator
Harkin was the chief sponsor of the Americans
with Disabilities Act. NCIL members have
stories regarding medical access barriers for
people with disabilities across the nation. NOW
is the time to arm the Senator with YOUR real
life stories when he introduces the bill in the
110th Congress!
Please send in your stories regarding
medical access to Elizabeth Leef, Health Care Policy
Analyst at
2. Sen. Harkin will
be an original co-sponsor of the Senate version
of the Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable
Treatment Act, H.R. 1402.
3. He was also be introducing a Senate version of the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2006, H.R. 6258.