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Educate to advocate 2019

Educate to advocate 2019. A Year of Change. 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

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Educate to advocate 2019

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  1. Educate to advocate 2019 A Year of Change

  2. 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 New state leadership

  3. Leadership: • Senate: Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally • House: Speaker Glen Casada 111th Tennessee General Assembly

  4. 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 111th TN General Assembly

  5. House Committees and Subcommittees • Agriculture and Natural Resources • Agriculture and Natural Resources • Calendar and Rules • Commerce • Banking 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 111th TN General assembly

  6. House Committees • Government Operations • Health • Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations • Mental Health & Substance Abuse • Public Health • Insurance • Life & Health Insurance • Property & Casualty • TennCare • House Committees • Judiciary • Civil Justice • Criminal Justice • Children & Families • Constitutional Protections & Sentencing • Local • Elections & Campaign Finance • Cities & Counties • Property & Plannning 111th TN General Assembly

  7. House Committees • Naming, Designating & Private Acts • State • Departments & Agencies • Public Service & Employees • Corrections • House Committees • Transportation • Safety & Funding • Infrastructure • Select Committee on Rules • Ethics 111th TN General Assembly

  8. 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 111th TN General Assembly

  9. 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) 111th TN General Assembly

  10. New Senator: Marsha Blackburn • New Congressmen: • John Rose • Mark Green • Tim Burchett Federal updates

  11. Key Issues: • Work requirements for “able-bodied” TennCare recipients (public comment due to CMS by February 7th • 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) Federal updates

  12. 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 How you can make an impact

  13. 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. How you can make an impact

  14. 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 resources

  15. Carrie Hobbs Guiden Executive Director The Arc Tennessee cguiden@thearctn.org questions?

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