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 | Action Alerts | Several Bills Impacting People With Disabilities Head To Governor | | SB 1365 Passes - Heads To Governor | | AB 1629 Nursing Home Easily Passes Assembly | | Emergency Cost Regs | | TownHall Meeting Rescheduled | | Perata Chosen to Succeed Burton | | AB 1629 & AB 2100 PASS OUT OF SENATE HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES | | Jay Mahler’s keynote on the Mental Health Initiative | | Medi-Cal Redesign Delayed Until January 2005 | | California Performane Review | | Gov Signs California 2005 Budget Ending Crisis | | Major Medi-Cal Changes To Be Proposed August 2004 | | 2004-05 California Budget Agreement Expected Tomorrow | | Darrell Steinberg Supports Prop 63 | | 2004/CA-Bills/Summer/BudgetStalemate.htm | | California Budget Deal Getting Closer | | Nearly 2,000 People Protest Proposed Cuts To In-Home Services | | Budget Committees Meeting June | | Sen Budget Subcommittee Rejects POS Standards & Approves $7 million POS Reduction | | Update on Budget Legislation | | Legislative Budget Subcommittees Reject IHSS, SSI/SSP Cuts | | Assembly Budget Subcommittee Tables Action on Governor's Proposed IHSS Legislative Budget Language | | California Budget FY 2004-05 - May Revision | | GOV RELEASES REVISED BUDGET - ALL MAJOR CUTS REMAIN | | Governor's Proposed Medi-Cal Changes | | Enough is Enough! | | Urgent - Letters to the Editor Needed! | | Assembly Budget Subcommittee Rejects Key IHSS Cuts As Hundreds Jam Capitol | | 9th Townhall Telemeeting Focus on Budget Hearings, IHSS, Regional Center, Medi-Cal | | DHS Releases Draft IHSS Residual Program Federal Waiver | | Assembly Budget Subcomm Set To Hear IHSS Issues 4/28 | | Critical Budget Hearings Set - New IHSS hearing in Bakersfield | | GOVERNOR RESCINDS CUT TO IHSS RESIDUAL PROGRAM | | New Parental Share Of Cost Draft Plan Released | | DDS To Delay Closure of Agnews DC Until 2006 | | Legislative Update on Bills Impacting People With Disabilities | | Assembly Budget Subcommittee Set To Hear Gov's Major Cuts To DDS | | California Advocates Protest Home Care Budge Cuts | | California Perspectives - April 6, 2004 | | Impact of Proposed California Budget Cuts | | California Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 DMH Budget Actions - 3/23/04 | | Summary of IHSS Related Bills Introduced | | Proposed Plan for Parental Share of Cost for Regional Center Funded Community-Based Services Set To Be Released Soon | | Communities Mobilizing Support for IHSS Family Program | | Hundreds Protest In LA Against Gov's Cuts | | National Campaign for Mental Health Reform | | Police Too Often Lack Mental Illness Training | | House Budget Bill Threatens Mental Health Service Cuts | | Gregg Amendment Undermines Mental Health Parity Bill | | NAMI StigmaBusters Alert: August 30, 2004 | | TENNESSSEE V LANE - US SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES | | Letter to President Bush on Stem Cell Research | | Association Health Plan Bill in Senate Would Weaken Parity | | Appropriations Are Key to Transforming Mental Health | | Kerry Statement on MiCASSA/MFP Hearing | | Timothy's Story | | Is ADD/ADHD a diagnosable disease? | | Discrimination and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness | | Bush Budget Cuts a Variety of Programs | | Don’t Silence Nonprofits | | The Power of the Disability Vote | | Harkin Testimony at MiCASSA/FMP Hearing | | Bush Installs Another Anti-ADA Judge | | State Budget Update | | Governor Signs Budget - But Fiscal Crisis Remains | | ASSEMBLY PASSES BUDGET AFTER 28 HOUR SESSION | | Senate Passes Budget - Now Heads To Assembly | | Senate Rejects Republican Budget Proposal | | Family To Family Program Funding | | No Budget Deal Yet | | Republican Budget Proposal Calls for Major Health and Services Cuts | | Medi-Deficiency Bill Passes Legislature - Goes to Governor | | Budget Fails in California Assembly - June 2003 | | No action on California Budget: June 2003 | | Senate Fails To Approve California Democratic Budget Proposal | | Dept. of Developmental Services Warns of Budget Reductions | | 2003/Spring/BudgetImpass.htm | | 2003/Spring/CompromiseBudget.htm | | Governor Outlines Possible Allocation of New Temporary Federal Money | | BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DELAYS ACTION ON HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES ISSUES | | 2003/CA-Bills/Spring/BudgetCommittee.htm | | 2003/CA-Bills/Spring/BudgetCommitteeFirstPass.htm | | 2003/CA-Bills/Spring/BudgetCommitteeMeeting.htm | | Workers Comp Conference Committee Scheduled to Meet 8/21/03 | | LANTERMAN UNIFIED ACTION MEETING - August 20, 2003 | | Recall Election of Governor Is Now Official | | Lanterman Monthly Meeting Notice Reminder | | Over 100 Family Members Testify Opposing Controversial Spec Ed Bill | | AB 1393 Regional Center Vendorization Legislation Hearing Postponed | | Medicare: Drug Companies Win by 1 Vote | | 2003/CA-Bills/Spring/June5Report.htm | | AB 271 PASSES OUT OF SEN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE | | AB 636 & AB 200 Held in Committee for Possible Consideration Next Year | | Summary of Legislation in Committee - May 2003 | | Hundreds Protest In CA May 20, 2003 - Assembly Budget Panel Rejects Cuts For Now | | 2003/CA-Bills/Spring/June3Report.htm | | Stop George W. Bush and Congress from Privatizing Medicare | | DDS Releases Specifics on POS Cuts And Offers Possible Other Options | | Tell Congress to Keep its Promise! | | Segregation and Institutionalization | | ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS SET JAN 15-16, 2003 | | California Budget Deficit of 21 Billion | | Sutton To Get Hearing on January 14 | | Reasons for Opposing the Sutton Nomination | | 108th Congress Set To Convene | | 2002 Congress Adjourns | | Budget Committees Make Final Recommendations on Mid-year Cuts | | CA UCP MONDAY REPORT FOR JANUARY 20, 2003 | | Assembly Subcommittee Approves Regional Center Funds In Case of Budget Impasse | | Huge Crowds Pack Hearing Senate Hearing Wed - No Action | | Gov Appoints Members to Area Boards On DD | | Assembly Puts Hold On Considering Cuts to Medi-Cal, Rehab and Regional Center For Now | | CA UCP MONDAY REPORT FOR JANUARY 13, 2003 | | Budget Hearings Date Changed | | More Info on Budget Subcommitee Hearings | | CALL TO ACTION! Budget Crisis | | GOV GIVES NO DETAILS IN STATE OF STATE SPEECH | | Call To Action to Come to Sacramento Jan 15, 2003 | | Governor Releases Narrowing Eligibility For DD Services; Closure of Agnews | | Legislative Summary - Jan. 6, 2003 | | MASSIVE CUTS PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR - SUMMARY OF DD CUTS | | Gov Says Budget Shortfall Now Over $34 Billion | | Hundreds Pack Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing in LA | | Legislation for Death Penalty Ban for People with Mental Retardation | | Legislature Meets Briefly In Special Session | | BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULED FOR LA DEC 17 TUE | | Voting Records on Correctional Officers Contract | | GOVERNOR TO ANNOUNCE $10 BILLION IN REDUCTIONS | | Bush Flip-Flop on Patients’ Bill of Rights May Have Been Driven by Campaign Donors | | DNC on Pryor Appointment; NCD on DOJ Record | | Sen. Kennedy Considers Suit Regarding Pryor Appointment | | Join Protests of United States of Leland Film | | Analysis of Governors' State-of-State Addresses | | Kerry Statement on ADAPT | | Statements Supporting Edwards and Kerry | | Senator Kennedy Urges Support for Kerry | | Update on Pryor Nomination - Cloture Motion Defeated | | Pryor Nomination Moves to Senate Floor - Calls Needed | | Senate Hearings Focus On 'Families on the Brink' | | Please FAX Pryor Letterhead | | Stop Insurance Companies from Taking Over Medicare | | Immediate Action Requested on Medical Malpractice! | | 2003/Spring/NewBills.htm | | 2003/Spring/ProtectionAndAdvocacy.htm | | Proposal to Cut Funding for California Network of Mental Health Clients | | AB 780 Spec Ed Due Process Hearing Bill Suffers Setback | | NIDRR INVITES STAKEHOLDER INPUT | | LETTERS/CALL-INS SUPPORT SENATE BUDGET PROPOSAL | | Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act | | Bill to Reduce Criminalization of Mental Illness | | BILL PRYORS RECORD ON DISABILITY ISSUES | | Our Lady of Peace Act | | Money Follows the Person Amendment | | ALERT! on Class Action Suits | | H.R. 1350 Will Not Accomplish The Goals of Its Proponents | | Protect, Preserve, Strengthen Medicare | | AB 1424 - Mom's Right to Choose | | Against Forced Commitment In Illinois | | Challenging Devaluation of Life with a Disability | | Bush Nominates Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights | | House Democrats' Report on Medicare | | Update on IDEA Reauthorization | | Senate Medicare Rx Bill is Wrong | | National Council on Disability Says Access to Electronic and Information Technology is a Civil Right | | American Iatrogenic Association opposes Utah bill supporting psychiatric coercion | | NAMI Applauds Special Education Bill | | Banning Paxil | | An Undeclared War on Disabled People | | Letter to New Freedom Commission | | A Cause for Alarm | | National Council on Disability Opposes Americans with Disabilities Act Notification Act |
| | Action Alerts | | My Family Member Has Been Arrested What Do I Do? | | Building Community Awareness | | Training For Mental Health Professionals | | 2004 Section 8 Housing Advocates Guide | | Psychiatric Advance Directives and the Treatment of Committed Patients | | Social Security At Risk - Write a Letter Now! | | Senators Press for Funding Mental Illness Criminal Justice Programs | | Urgent Medicaid Battle | | Housing Update, Action Needed: Deep Cut Sought for HUD 811 Program, New Housing Production Proposed for Elimination | | NAMI Urges Support for Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicaid | | "Crazy For You" Bear Raises Ethics Questions | | Government Issues Final Rules for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit | | Ritalin Bill Advances; Some Call It Unneeded | | President's FY 2006 Budget Hurts Mental Illness Programs | | Social Security By the Numbers | | Capitol Hill Update, January 24, 2005 | | Leavitt promotes Medicaid flexibility for states | | Using Advance Directives | | Bush to Seek Cuts in Medicaid, Benefits | | NAMI StigmaBuster Alert: January 14, 2005 | | SAMHSA Reauthorization, Medicaid, Medicare Present Challenges, Opportunities for Advocates | | The National Sigma Clearinghouse | | MEDICAID 2005 AND BEYOND | | Analysis of IDEA Reauthorization | | Stop Adverse Changes to Section 8 Program | | Mom knows anguish of calling police to deal with mentally ill son | | SPECIAL TOWNHALL TELEMEETINGS FOCUS ON "SELF DIRECTED" WAIVER - ALSO BUDGET UPDATES | | 2005/CA-Bills/3632 Position Paper FINAL1.pdf | | April 2005 California State Budget Hearings | | AB 654 Physician Assisted Dying Bill Hearing Set For 4/12 | | Input Required on Draft Requirements for MHSA Implementation | | SSI/SSP Hearing Set for 3/17 - Other Hearings Set | | 2005/CA-Bills/mhsaPositionPaper-2-2005.pdf | | Budget Info Hearings Set | | |
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