Following the overwhelming Assembly passage (96-1) of legislation creating a state palliative care council (Assembly Bill 23) on May 13, WiHPCA’s lobbyists continue to aggressively lobby the Legislature to move this bill through the legislative process.

As this legislation has passed the full Assembly, the lobbying focus is now on the state Senate – including meeting with various senators, as well as their staff members. There is also an effort to draft a coalition letter to all state Senators in support of this legislation, which will include various supportive stakeholders, including many in the health care field. Once the state budget process is completed later this summer, we intend to ask WiHPCA members to call and visit the offices of state senators to request their support for this legislation.

Further updates on this legislation will be included in future editions of this newsletter.