A Year of Change New state leadership Governor Bill Lee sworn into office on January 19 2019 Governors priorities Mental Health Criminal JusticeCorrections Rural Issues New cabinet members to note ID: 760665
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Educate to advocate 2019
A Year of Change
Slide2New state leadership
Governor Bill Lee sworn into office on January 19, 2019
Governor’s priorities:
Mental Health
Criminal Justice/Corrections
Rural Issues
New cabinet members to note:
DIDD Commissioner Brad Turner
DOE Commissioner Penny Schwinn
TennCare Director Gabe Roberts
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Leadership:
Senate: Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally
House: Speaker Glen Casada
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Senate Committees:
Commerce and Labor
Education
Energy, Agriculture and National Resources
Finance, Ways and Means
Government Operations
Health and Welfare
Judiciary
State and Local Government
Transportation and Safety
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House Committees and SubcommitteesAgriculture and Natural ResourcesAgriculture and Natural Resources Calendar and RulesCommerceBanking and Investments Business Utilities
House Committees and Subcommittees
Consumer and Human Resources
Consumer
Employee Affairs
Education
Education Administration
Curriculum, Testing & Innovation
Higher Education Subcommittee
K-12
Finance, Ways and Means
Finance
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House CommitteesGovernment OperationsHealthFacilities, Licensure, & RegulationsMental Health & Substance AbusePublic HealthInsuranceLife & Health InsuranceProperty & CasualtyTennCare
House Committees
Judiciary
Civil Justice
Criminal Justice
Children & Families
Constitutional Protections & Sentencing
Local
Elections & Campaign Finance
Cities & Counties
Property &
Plannning
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House CommitteesNaming, Designating & Private ActsStateDepartments & AgenciesPublic Service & EmployeesCorrections
House Committees
Transportation
Safety & Funding
Infrastructure
Select Committee on Rules
Ethics
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Over 20 “Freshman” Legislators
Key Dates:
Bill filing deadline: February 7, 2019
Disability Day on the Hill: February 12, 2019 – “
LiveAble
Tennessee”
Governor’s State of the State: March 4, 2019
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Key Issues for 2019:
Direct Support Professional (DSP)Wages – make the non-recurring funds from last year’s budget recurring
Katie Beckett Waiver – excludes family income when considering
TennCare
eligibility for certain children who have long-term
disabilities or complex medical needs and live at home
Block any potentially harmful legislation that could limit critical benefits for people with disabilities (such as SNAP)
Slide10Federal updates
New Senator: Marsha Blackburn
New Congressmen:
John Rose
Mark Green
Tim Burchett
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Key Issues:
Work requirements for “able-bodied” TennCare recipients (public comment due to CMS by February 7
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Attacks on “life-line” programs such as Medicaid, SSI, SNAP, etc.
Erosion of protections for people with disabilities by rolling back guidance, rules, etc.
Reauthorization of Money Follows the Person (MFP)
Slide12How you can make an impact
It’s all about relationships
Meet with your legislators, especially if they are new – share your story with them
Meet with members of the Governor’s cabinet, especially if they are new – share your story with them
Call and email – especially after meeting with them
It isn’t “one and done” – you have to work at it and get in front of them regularly
Slide13How you can make an impact
Other ways to get involved in public policy advocacy:
Submit comments on proposed policies, rules, etc. during public comment periods
Get involved in coalitions and committees that focus on an issue of interest to you
Subscribe to legislative and policy updates from organizations like The Arc, Disability Rights TN, DD Council, etc.
Slide14resources
The Arc Tennessee:
http://www.thearctn.org/Public-Policy.php
Tennessee Disability Coalition:
https://www.tndisability.org/
Disability Rights Tennessee:
https://www.disabilityrightstn.org/resources/news/january-2015/policy-watch
TN Council on Developmental Disabilities:
https://www.tn.gov/cdd/public-policy.html
AUCD:
https://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=27
The Arc:
https://www.thearc.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=2530
Slide15Slide16questions?
Carrie Hobbs Guiden
Executive Director
The Arc Tennessee
cguiden@thearctn.org