Grassroots / Legislative

2012

01/25 Legislative Alert re Legislative Visits
SAMPLE Letter to State Senator and State Representative re Facility Visit

2011

Legislative Report from Reynolds Strategy Group, LLC Updated regularly; check frequently!

State Legislative Contact Information

CAHCF Facility Member Legislative Districts

E-mail your Legislator:

Using the AHCA/NCAL Advocacy Center
Go to AHCA/NCAL website at www.ahcancal.org.
In the upper left-hand corner, right-click on “Sign In;” contact Rick (860-290-9424; rbrown@cahcf.com) if you need the username and/or password.
Place cursor on orange “Advocacy” tab; right-click on “Advocacy Center.”
Click on the blue “Elected Officials” tab; enter your 9-digit zip code.
Under the blue “Write Your Elected Officials” tab, click on “State.”
Enter “Subject.”
Select an “Issue Area.”
Compose the body of your message in “Editable text.”
Enter your name in “Your Name.”
Complete the “Sender Information.”
Click on “Send Message.”

Write to your legislator:

         The Honorable (title and name, e.g., The Honorable Senator Donald E. Williams, The Honorable Representative Peggy Sayers, etc)
         Connecticut General Assembly
         Legislative Office Building
         Hartford, CT 06106

Call your legislator:

         House Democrats    1-800-842-8267
         Senate Democrats    1-800-842-1420

         House Republicans    1-800-842-1423
         Senate Republicans    1-800-842-1421

To find out who your elected representatives are, please print out the following How To Determine Who Are Your Elected Representatives, call (860-290-9424) or e-mail Richard C. Brown at the Association.
Remember..., it's not just where your facility is located, but where you live, also!

Congressional Legislative Contact Information

Senator Joseph Lieberman (I)

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D)

Representative John Larson (D- 1st)

Representative Joseph Courtney (D - 2nd)

Representative Rosa DeLauro (D - 3rd)

Representative Jim Himes (D - 4th)

Representative Christopher Murphy (D -5th)

Budget Process

Overview of the State Budget Process, December 10, 2002 State CT Office of Fiscal Analysis

Overview of State Revenue, December 10, 2002 State CT Office of Fiscal Analysis

Legislative History of Balanced Budget Law State CT Office of Legislative Research

Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 2-33a. Limitation on expenditures authorized by General Assembly

Connecticut's Spending Cap, November 27, 2006 State CT Office of Fiscal Analysis

Connecticut's Spending Cap: Questions and Answers The Connecticut Health Foundation May 2001

Connecticut General Assembly website

Government Relations Consultants to the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities

Reynolds Strategy Group, LLC
71 Sycamore Road
P.O. Box 271766
West Hartford, CT 06127-1766
Contact: Kevin N. Reynolds, Esq
Telephone: 860-308-2388 Cell: 860-308-2388 Fax: 860-986-3898

Camilliere, Cloud & Kennedy
Somerset Square - 2nd Floor
140 Glastonbury Boulevard
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Contact: Anthony D. Camillere
Telephone: 860-657-9148 Cell: 860-209-0100 Fax: 860-652-8602

Public Hearings

Public Hearings / Bills SEE Levin, Powers, et al ABOVE

Connecticut General Assembly's "A Guide for Reaching State Legislators and Testifying at Hearings"

Sample testimony format

Directions to the Legislative Office Building (LOB) and Parking

We recommend that you visit Project Vote Smart. You can connect by clicking on the hyperlink or through our Links to Sites of Interest page. Enter your zip code in the box on the left-hand side of the page, click on Go and every one of your elected representatives, Federal and State, will be listed. Click on any elected representative and an extensive dossier appears and ALL of the contact information will be listed. Remember..., when writing your US Senators and/or Congressman, please use their District Office address. That way, they'll get your letter before the next Ice Age.

E-mail is cool. It's fast, costs nothing and gets an elected representative's attention.

Problems making a connection? Please contact Richard C. Brown for assistance at CAHCF.

ADVOCATE for your residents..., EDUCATE your elected representatives. Your residents and their families, friends and staff are counting on YOU!!!