tdtid
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VICTORY IN THE HOUSE!!
New Hampshire House Bill 1326 passes in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
300-58
Dear Members of the Lyme Community,
Today is a historic moment for the New Hampshire Lyme Community. In an unusual move, the House of Representatives voted to overturn the Health and Human Services' Committee's recommendation (18-1) to move House Bill 1326 to interim study. With that recommendation overturned, the House of Representatives went on to approve House Bill 1326 300-56.
Today's vote will certainly be seen as another victory in the national debate over the existence of chronic Lyme disease, and the need for physicians who believe the illness exists to be able to prescribe long-term antibiotic treatment without fear of reprisal.
Today's vote also brings the bill one important step closer to becoming law. New Hampshire may soon join the ranks of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and California, which already have Lyme doctor protection laws in place. The bill now moves on to the Senate. The Lyme Legislation Committee will organize our strategy and keep the Lyme Community abreast of how we can gather together for success.
What does today's action mean? It means your voices were heard. Your stories were heard. Your family's stories were heard. And they moved the majority of New Hampshire's House of Representatives, many of whom have told us they, too, have been touched by Lyme disease.
The New Hampshire Lyme Legislation Committee wants to thank state Representatives Gary Daniels (R), Carol Vita (R), who sponsored and co-sponsored the bill, as well as John Cebrowski (R), Robert Perry (D) and Claudia Chase (D), who gave passionate speeches from the House floor and dedicated hours of time working with the committee, doing their own research, and contacting their legislative colleagues for support.
We also want to thank every member of the New Hampshire Lyme Community for your support. Whether you made phone calls to representatives, wrote letters or emails, sent in written testimony or attended the hearings .... You should be assured today that your voices were heard. And it is about time. We will not be silent. We will fight for access to individualized, effective care for those of us afflicted by Lyme disease, and those who will be touched by this pandemic in the future. We will not stop until we win.
Our best to each of you,
The New Hampshire Lyme Legislation Committee
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Not even a close vote - congrats! And congrats to you too for all the work you've done -
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tdtid
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Not that it matters, but that was a typo in that we had 56 vote against us...not 58.
Thank you, Robin. Each little step brings us closer. Thank you for all you do as well.
Cathy
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