09 Feb 2010
Joint Legislative Budget Hearing: Health
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building
10:00 AM to 01:00 PM Archived Video
New York State Senate Finance Committee Chair Carl Kruger and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Herman “Denny” Farrell will conduct a joint budget hearing to discuss healthcare funding and the Governor’s proposed cuts to services and programs.
For a comprehensive look into this year’s budget, including ways to get involved, tracking testimony from joint hearings, and the Senate Majority’s review of the Governor’s proposed budget visit http://www.nysenate.gov/initiative/budget2010.
When: February 9 @ 10 A.M.
Where: Hearing Room B – Legislative Office Building
Expected to Testify:
Department of Health: Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner
Office of Medicaid Inspector General: James Sheehan, Inspector General
NYS Insurance Department: Troy J. Oechsner, Deputy Superintendent for Health
Greater NY Hospital Association: Kenneth E. Raske, President & CEO
Healthcare Assoc of NYS(HANYS): Daniel Sisto, President
Associated Medical Schools of NYS: Jo Wiederhorn, CEO
NY Assoc of Homes & Services for Aging: Dan Heim, Senior VP Public Policy
Continuing Care Leadership Coalition: Scott Amrhein, President
Greater NY Healthcare Facilities: Michael Balboni, Executive Director
NYS Health Facilities Association: Robert Murphy, Exec VP Gov’t Affairs
Self-Help Community Services: Valerie Bogart, Director, Legal Resource Program
Consumer Directed Personal Assistant: Barbera Zimmons, Assoc of NYS, Exec Director
Concepts of Independent Choices: Tony Caputo, CEO
American Academy of Pediatrics: Elie Ward, Director of Policy & Advocacy
Medical Society of the State of NY: Gerard Conway, Esq, Senior VP, Division of Gov’t Affairs
NYS Nurses Assoc.: Deborah Elliott, Deputy CEO
Coalition for School Based Health Centers: Chris Kjolhede, MD, Chairman
Community Health Care Assoc of NYS: Kate Breslin, Director of Policy
Family Planning Advocates of NYS: M. Tracey Brooks, President & CEO
Home Care Associates: Joanne Cunningham, President
NYS Assoc of Healthcare Providers: Phyllis Wang, President, Bader Reynolds, VP Caregivers
Business Council of NYS: Kenneth Adams, President
Pepsi Cola North America: Dr. Danielle Greenberg, Director of Nutrition & Scientific Affairs
NYS Automatic Vending Association: Mike Esposito, President
American Council on Science & Health: Dr. Ruth Kava
Health Plan Association: Paul Macielak, President & CEO
Empire State Healthcare Coalition & NYS Assoc of Health Underwriters: Richard Fleder, Board Member
Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans: David Klein, President & CEO, Excellus Health, John Bennett, President & CEO, CDPHP
NYS Assoc of County Health Officials: Cynthia Morrow MD, MPH, President: Onondaga Co. Official, Linda Wagner, Executive Director
Hudson Valley Health Officials Network: Dr. Michael Caldwell, Commissioner of Public Health, Dutchess County
Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation: Joy Griffith, Executive Director, Local 1549, DC 37, Ralph Palladino, 2nd VP of Local 1549
Pharmacy Association of NYS: Steven B. Weingarten, Executive Director
Pharmacists Society of NYS: Craig Burridge, Executive Director
AARP: Neal Lane, Exec Council Member, Bill Ferris, NYS Legislative Rep.
United Neighborhood Houses: Carin Tinney, Policy Analyst for Aging Issues
Medicaid Matters NY: Lara Kassel, Coordinator
Empire Justice Center: Cathy Roberts, Senior Paralegal
Legal Aid Society: Lisa Sbrana, Supervising Attorney
Citizens Committee for Children: Joan Siegel, Sr. Policy Associate for Health & Mental Health
New Yorkers for Accessible: Heidi Siegfried, Health Coverage Program Director
American Cancer Society: Peter Slocum, VP for Advocacy
Arthritis Foundation NY Chapter: Victoria Rizzo, Research Evaluator
Spinal Cord Society: Paul Richter, Chairman
NY Neural Stem Cell Institute: Dr. Sally Temple, Rensselaer, Scientific Director
Housing Works: Carmelita Cruz, Director, NYS Advocacy & Organizing
Legal Action Center: Tracie Gardner, NYS Policy
Village Care of New York: Emma DeVito, CEO
Empire State Pride Agenda: Jonathan Lang, Network Director
ACTS (Professional Agencies for Children’s Therapy Services): Michael Grossfeld, Executive Director
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital: Rajiv Ratan, Executive Director Burke Cornell Medical Research
Supportive Housing Network of NY: Ted Houghton, Executive Director
NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare: Lauri Cole, Exec Director
NY Assoc of Psychiatric Rehab Services: Harvey Rosenthal, Exec Director
National Alliance on Mental Health: Sherry Genz, First Vice-President, Nancy Breenlamb, Exec Director
NYS Catholic Conference: Ron Guglielmo, Director of Healthcare
The Group for Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis: Frank Stoppenback
Hearing will be streamed live online at http://www.livestream.com/nysenate_joint_budget.
