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We need help from all New York State residents in getting two important pieces Lyme-related legislation passed, The Tick-BITE Bill and the Lyme Doctor Protection Bill!
For more information about these bills please go to the following links:
According to Audrey Molsky, Deputy Chief of Staff for Senator Terry Gipson, ``Unfortunately, both the TickBITE Bill and the Lyme Disease Doctor Protection Bill are being held up in the Senate Health Committee and we need constituents to let their Senators know that they must allow these bills to be voted on!''
I want to encourage all concerned NYS reader's to send a letter to your NY State representatives as well as the members of the NYS Senate Health Committee supporting the Tick-BITE Act as well as the Lyme Disease Doctor Protection bill. There is a sample letter below, but feel free to use your own words.
Dear {Representative or Senator's name goes here),
I am a constituent that is affected by Lyme disease and I live in your district.
The TickBITE Act (S3478, A5174), a bill to mandate insurance coverage for Lyme disease, may allow me (or someone I love) the opportunity to afford the treatment that my physician believes is necessary for me (or someone I love) to get well (or return to work or school) and have my (or his or her) once vibrant life back.
Insurers do not want to pay for the necessary treatment and it is prohibitively expensive (or I or my family is struggling to afford it). I need your help.
The TickBITE Act also provides funding for tick-borne-illness research, prevention and education programs. Additionally the act adds Lyme disease and tick-borne illness as occupational diseases, which are compensable under the Workers' Compensation Law.
The Lyme Disease Doctor Protection Bill (S5520, A07558) aims to protect doctors by allowing them to prescribe long-term antibiotic therapy to a person with symptoms of chronic Lyme disease. It would disallow the medical board to deny, revoke, or suspend the license of a physician or discipline any physician who prescribes, administers, or dispenses long-term antibiotic therapy for therapeutic purposes for a patient clinically diagnosed with Lyme disease.
Protecting doctors who treat patients with chronic Lyme disease is critically important. Right now, doctors can often be investigated by insurers and licensing boards because of the lack of a consensus surrounding treatment and diagnosis for chronic Lyme disease. For this reason, many doctors are reluctant to treat chronic Lyme disease.
Please support The TickBITE Act (S3478, A5174) and the Lyme Disease Doctor Protection Bill (S5520, A07558) and help me (or someone I love) get my (or his or her) life back.
Respectfully,
Name
Address
-------------------- KarlaL Posts: 694 | From New Lebanon, NY | Registered: Dec 2010
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The NYS TickBITE Bill and the NYS Lyme Doctor Prevention Bill now have a website with a sample letter as well as web-links and phone numbers to NYS Senate Health Committee Members and NYS Assembly Health Committee members. Please contact these NYS legislators and let them know that we want these bills to be voted on! Share this link with your family and friends!
-------------------- KarlaL Posts: 694 | From New Lebanon, NY | Registered: Dec 2010
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