As a result, rather than giving the House a chance to vote to carve-out IDD from KanCare, the proviso merely echoes language from the MCO contracts already negotiated with the State. The assurances in the proviso do NOT include carve-out, and therefore the Siegfried proviso should not be supported!
So here's what we need advocates to do:
- Ask your representative to vote NO on the budget conference committee report that contains the Siegfreid proviso.
- Urge them to tell their leaders to let our carve out proviso come to the floor.
Families, persons served and advocates have worked hard and have earned a vote on this issue. No one has a right to surrender our issue without talking to us first. The proviso that has been adopted is just that, a white flag of surrender.
As early as tomorrow afternoon, the conference committee’s budget agreement will be debated in the House. If it passes in the House, it will go to the Senate, and from there, if successful, to the Governor and the deal will be done. The time is now.
Why urge a NO vote on the budget deal?
- This budget deal doesn't call for the carve-out of IDD services.
- This budget deal still includes the Crum proviso which says there will no IDD waiting list funds, as long as you are carved out.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Call your representative(s). Urge them to VOTE NO on the budget conference committee report.
- Don’t know your representative’s phone number? Find it here: http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/chamber/house/roster/
Send an email to your representative urging a NO VOTE on the budget conference committee report.
- Don’t know your representative’s email address? Find it here: http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/chamber/house/roster/
- Don’t know who your representative is? Find out here:
- http://www.openkansas.org/
Notify all advocates and stakeholders in your community to contact their representatives as well.
Do not delay!
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