Respect-Ability Coalition

NATIONAL NEWS:

President Obama has reauthorized and expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program. More Info Here

Transcripts from Secretary of State Clinton's Town Hall Meeting

View President Barack Obama's Agenda on Disabilities

CALIFORNIA NEWS:

Governor Signs Budget Plan
(from CBP.org)

Budget Affect on Regional Centers

Area Board 10's Summary of Proposed Budget Cuts

 

|A guide to legislation affecting the Disability Community

 

Federal Resources:

Find information on Federal Legislation

Office of Legislative Information on Capitol Hill (202) 225-7400

California Resources:

Find information on California Legislation

How to Find Your Elected Officials in California

How to Register to Vote in California

How a Bill Becomes a Law in California

California State Legislative Calendar

Legislation

Federal

• HR 716 (Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act)
  
  
• HR 995 (Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009)
  
  
• HR 1085/ S 442 (Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act)
  
  
• HR 1691 (Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009)
  
  
• HR 1740 (EARLY Act of 2009)
  • Additional information
    
    
• HR 1844 (Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009)
  
  
• HR 2132 (Family and Medical Leave Act ‘FMLA’ Inclusion Act)
  
  
• HR 2952 (Medicaid Prostate Cancer Coverage Act of 2009)
  
  
• S 623/ HR 1558 (Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009)
  
  
• S 700 (Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2009)
  
  
• S 717 (21st Century Cancer ALERT Act)
  • Additional information

California

• SB 399 (The Fair Sentencing for Youth Act)
  
  
• SB 161 (Oral Chemotherapy)
  
  
• SB 148 (Mammography: Notices of Violation)
  
  
• AB 1000 (Health Workplaces, Healthy Families – Paid Sick Days in CA)
  
  
• AB 108 (Individual Health Care Coverage)
  • Additional information
    
    
• AB 119 (Health Care Coverage: Pricing)
  
  
• AB 287 (Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities)
  
  
• AB 590 (Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act)