Sample Letters to the CA Legislature
SAMPLE 1 PAGE LETTER to ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
[on your letterhead]
April x , 2019
The Honorable Eloise Reyes
Chair, Assembly Budget Sub-Committee #1
State Capitol Room 2175
Sacramento CA 95814
Re: DHCS Medi-Cal Budget – Prop 56 Request for Community Based Adult Services (CBAS)
Dear Assemblymember Reyes and Committee Members:
I write to respectfully ask for your support of the California Association for Adult Day Services’ (CAADS) request that Community Based Adult Services (CBAS) programs be exempted from the AB 97 10% rate cut, and a 15% cost of living adjustment be added to that rate in order to stabilize this aging service sector and rebuild lost capacity. Fifty-three (53) centers have closed throughout the state since 2011.
The statewide network of CBAS providers has been under financial stress for years because CBAS was among the first of the Medi-Cal providers to experience the AB 97 10% rate cut, implemented effective June 2011. Prior to that, the rate had been frozen since 2006-07.
[In your own voice, add a brief description of your program, the number of people served, importance of CBAS to participants, families and community; impact of underfunding]
Across California, 248 CBAS centers like mine serve a total of 35,000 California seniors and other adults with complex chronic conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental health diagnoses, and traumatic brain injury.
Recent studies show that use of CBAS reduces use of emergency departments, hospitals and nursing homes and associated costs.
We respectfully request your support of the rate restoration for CBAS programs to protect access to these essential services for California’s seniors and persons with disabilities.
Sincerely yours,
SIGNATURE
NAME
TITLE
Cc: Assemblymember Eloise Reyes
Assemblymember Jim Frazier
Assemblymember Devon Mathis
Assemblymember Jim Patterson
Assemblymember James Ramos
Assemblymember Blanca Rubio
Committee Consultant Andrea Margolis
Republican Consultant Cyndy Hillery
SAMPLE 1 PAGE LETTER to SENATE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
[on your letterhead]
April x , 2019
The Honorable Richard Pan
Chair, Senate Budget Sub-Committee #3
State Capitol Room 5114
Sacramento CA 95814
Re: DHCS Medi-Cal Budget – Prop 56 Request for Community Based Adult Services (CBAS)
Dear Senator Pan and Committee Members:
I write to respectfully ask for your support of the California Association for Adult Day Services’ (CAADS) request that Community Based Adult Services (CBAS) programs be exempted from the AB 97 10% rate cut, and a 15% cost of living adjustment be added to that rate in order to stabilize this aging services sector and rebuild lost capacity. Fifty-three (53) centers have closed throughout the state since 2011.
The statewide network of CBAS providers has been under financial stress for years because CBAS was among the first of the Medi-Cal providers to experience the AB 97 10% rate cut, implemented effective June 2011. Prior to that, the rate had been frozen since 2006-07.
[In your own voice, add a brief description of your program, the number of people served, importance of CBAS to participants, families and community; impact of underfunding]
Across California, 248 CBAS centers like mine serve a total of 35,000 California seniors and other adults with complex chronic conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental health diagnoses, and traumatic brain injury.
Recent studies show that use of CBAS reduces use of emergency departments, hospitals and nursing homes and associated cost.
We respectfully request your support of the rate restoration for CBAS programs to protect access to these essential services for California’s seniors and persons with disabilities.
Sincerely yours,
SIGNATURE
NAME
TITLE
cc: Senator Melissa Hurtado
Senator Jeffrey Stone
Committee Consultant Scott Ogus
Republican Consultant Anthony Archie
| BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE LEADERSHIP/MEMBERS | |||||
| Member | District | Party | Room | Phone | Fax |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 Chair Eloise Reyes | 47 | D | 2175 | (916) 319-2047 | (916) 319-2147 |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 Member Jim Frazier | 11 | D | 3091 | (916) 319-2011 | (916) 319-2111 |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 Member Devon Mathis | 26 | R | 2111 | (916) 319-2026 | (916) 319-2126 |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 Member Jim Patterson | 23 | R | 3132 | (916) 319-2023 | (916) 319-2123 |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 Member James C Ramos | 40 | D | 4162 | (916) 319-2040 | (916) 319-2140 |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 Member Blanca Rubio | 48 | D | 5175 | (916) 319-2048 | (916) 319-2148 |
| Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 James Wood | 02 | D | 6005 | (916) 319-2002 | (916) 319-2102 |
| Assembly Committee Consultant Andrea Margolis | (916) 319-2199 | ||||
| Republican Consultant Cyndy Hillery | (916) 319-3902 | ||||
| Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 Chair Richard Pan | 06 | D | 5114 | (916) 651-4006 | (916) 651-4906 |
| Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 Member Melissa Hurtado | 14 | D | 2054 | (916) 651-4014 | (916) 651-4914 |
| Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 Member Jeffrey Stone | 28 | R | 4082 | (916) 651-4028 | (916) 651-4928 |
| Senate Committee Consultant Scott Ogus | (916) 323-8386 | ||||
| Republican Consultant Anthony Archie | (916) 455-3105 |