Senator Hannon holds a News Conference to support Donor Milk Legislation

MEDIA  ADVISORY
 
New York State Senate Health Committee Chair Kemp Hannon will hold a press conference tomorrow, March 27, at 11 a.m. at the fourth floor of the state Capitol to lead a bipartisan push for a key budget measure that would help save the lives of premature infants. The Senator will be joined by fellow bill sponsor (S4526) Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, other legislators, doctors, and infant health advocates in calling for the enacted state budget to include Medicaid coverage for donor breast milk so that this screened and safe “medicine” can be provided to infants born at very low birth weights.
 
WHEN:           Monday, March 27, at 11 a.m.
 
WHERE:         State Capitol, Albany, fourth floor - by the Senate gallery
 
WHO:             * Senate Health Committee Chair Kemp Hannon
* Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages
* Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried 
* Shetal Shah, MD, FAAP, New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla
* Susan Vierczhalek, MD, FAAP, Medical Director at the New York Milk Bank and Breastfeeding Coordinator at the New York State American Academy of Pediatrics (NYSAAP);
* Julie Bouchet-Horwitz, FNP-BC, IBCLC, Executive Director of The New York Milk Bank, Inc.; 
* Amy Himes Kramer and Denise Murphy McGraw with the March of Dimes; and
* Elie Ward, MSW, NYS AAP's Director of Policy and Advocacy.