A new bill, S.9142 sponsored by Senator Comrie (Queens), with Assemblymember Gonzalez-Rojas (Queens) awaiting a bill number in the Assembly, would change that. Will you help us make sure that bill is included in this year's budget?

Among other things, this legislation would require the single, statewide fiscal intermediary to report on:

• The number of consumers authorized to receive services and the number actually receiving services;
• The number of hours consumers in CDPAP are authorized to use and the number of hours they actually use;
• The number of workers in the system;
• The number of workers correctly and on-time, as well as the number who have some or all of a paycheck "pended", "In review", or "denied", and for how long.
• The payment that the agency receives from insurance plans and how much of that goes to workers, executives, customer service,
• and more.

WTEN out of Albany reported on the bill yesterday and interviewed Assemblymember Gonzalez-Rojas as part of their reporting. 

To get this bill in the budget, we need your help. Will you send a message to your Senator and Assemblymember and tell them to:

1. Sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor
2. Be a vocal champion insisting it be included when the bill is discussed in their conference (this is the private meeting legislators have with members of their own party to determine priorities).

Together we can make common sense transparency the norm.