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July 31, 2008- Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) are urging passage of S. 1577, the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act, which would create a comprehensive nationwide system of background checks for long-term care workers.  This bill will be voted on tomorrow, Friday, August 1, 2008.  Please contact Senator Hutchinson and Senator Cornyn and ask them to vote for this bill.   For a summary of the CMS study on background checks, click on "Building on Success" below.

Building on Success: Lessons Learned from the Federal Background Check Pilot Program for Long-Term Care Workers 

March 19, 2008- THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR CONTACTING SENATOR CORNYN AND HUTCHISON ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT BUDGET AMENDMENT! Both Senators Cornyn and Hutchison voted in FAVOR of this amendment!  This is the money for the bill that will allow states to develop a nationwide database of criminal convictions.  Currently, our DPS check only has information on criminal convictions in our State and only those that actually get into the database.  Please consider sending Senator Cornyn, Senator Hutchison, and Senator Kohl (WI; Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging) a note of thanks for their support of our most vulnerable citizens. Press Release 

January 31, 2008- Senate releases Interim Study Charges, DADS report to the House Interim Study Committee on Human Services, and Home and Community Based Waiver Service will expire this August.  Read more to discover opportunities for you to take action.

Senate Interim Committee Charges to the 80th Legislature 

January 12, 2008- Your help is needed!  Please write, call, email your representatives and ask them to support the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 (S.1577/H.R.3078).  Legislative Alert 

Letter of Request for Support

November 30, 2007- Read what senior issues will be studied by Congress before the next session begins!  House Interim Charges