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Please support S.65 and The Campaign to Strengthen Human Services
S.65 - An Act Relative to Rates for Human and Social Service Programs was filed by The Collaborative. Its goal is to bring fairness, adequacy and transparency to the rate setting process for contract human service providers. At this time we are asking out members to contact their legislators and to garner support for this critical piece of legislation. For more information, contact Michael Ripple.
Please attend a regional meeting for S.65! We have already held regional meetings in Springfield, Franklin, Plymouth, Boston and Beverly. Two meetings are scheduled in the future.
March 28, 8:30 a.m.
Region: MetroWest
Where: Plymouth Church, 87 Edgell Road, Framingham
Contact: Bob Richards, 508.872.0669
April 10, 2 p.m.
Region: Greater Lowell
Where: Mental Health Association and Community & Family Counseling Services, 99 Church Street, Lowell
Contact: Albert Scott, 978.458.6282
Click below for a copy Senate 65.
Click below for a copy of the fact sheet on Senate Bill 65, An Act Relative to Rates for Human and Social Service Programs.
Get people to endorse S.65! We need your staff, your board members, your clients, your legislators and anyone else in support of the bill. Have them sign the below endorsement form and fax it to Charles Stefanini at 617.227.1616.
On Wednesday, October 31, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services released a report: "Financial Health of Providers in the Massachusetts Human Service System." You can download the report as a PDF file below. This may be helpful to reference when speaking about the rate-setting system which needs reform.
Below is a copy of an Op-Ed written by Senators Karen Spilka and and Gale Candaras regarding S.65. It ran in the Boston Herald on Saturday, Nov. 24.
Updates on the Budget
Stay turned throughout the next few months as the Providers' Council gives members periodic updates on the budget process.
On Thursday, February 28, Providers' Council President Michael Weekes submitted testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 budget before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. For the testimony, please click below.
On Friday, February 15, Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary JudyAnn Bigby gave testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 budget before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. For the testimony, please click below.