Heidi has a BS in Civil Engineering from Purdue. After the birth of her son Jacob, she elected to stay home to ensure his needs were met. Heidi is very involved in many organizations;last year she was appointed by the Governorâs office to be on 3 Medicaid Reform committees, looking at overhauling the entire Medicaid system.Heidi currently has an advocacy distribution list of over 2,500 members to promote awareness of the advocacy issues that affect children and adults w/ disabilities & empower parents. April 18, 2007
Dearest Advocates:
URGENT- I realize I have issued out a number of advocacy emails in the last few days but this is crunch time in the legislator. We either have our voices heard NOW or NEVER!
PLEASE read below this important advocacy alert that needs your attention TODAY regarding advocating for your child’s therapy in
House Bill 549 has passed through the House of Representatives and went through the Senate Appropriations Committee. TODAY- April 18, 2007 at 5:00 the Rules committee votes on this bill and we need all advocates to contact the members of the rules committee to ask them to support this bill. If it passes on Wed. then it will go to the senate floor on Thursday.
Basically, House Bill 549 will help alleviate many of the issues with the prior approval process for therapy in the Medicaid system. It streamlines the paperwork, defines medical necessity, changes the prior approval process to every six months instead of three and allows 16 units of therapy per discipline before the prior approval process kicks in.
THIS IS BIG NEWS AND CAN HELP ALL OUR CHILDREN WITH THERAPY……Now and in the future!
PLEASE CALL TODAY THE FOLLOWING Senators letting them know of your support of HB 549:
Don Balfour-Chairman 404-656-0095
Dan Moody 404-463-8055
Eric Johnson 404-656-5109
Tommy Williams 404-656-0089
Jack Hill 404-656-5038
Renee Unterman 404-463-1368
David Adelman 404-463-1376
Gloria
George Hooks 404-656-0065
Ross Tolleson 404-656-0081
David Shafer 404-651-7738
Chip Pearson 404-656-9221
In addition, please contact your own Senator (www.vote-smart.org and inputting your zip code).
YOUR CHILD’s THERAPY MAY DEPEND ON IT!
In addition, please thank Senator Dan Moody for being willing to sponsor the Bill in the Senate at the last minute! Also- Thanks to Donna for working on helping make this possible Bill a reality for our children!
Thanks in advance for your support in this urgent issue.
Sincerely,
Heidi
Heidi J. Moore
(Proud Mother to Jacob - 7 years old with Down syndrome & Jared - 5 years old)
For more information about how you can get involved regarding advocating for children, please visit us at www.kidshealthcarega.org
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