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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Colleen Kochanek, Lobbyist, The Arc of NC Erika Hagensen, Consultant, The Arc of NC Nicole Jorwic, Director of Disability Rights, The Arc

Agenda

• Your Advocacy Matters
• 2016 Legislative Update
• Future Political Landscape in NC
• VOTE!
• Stay Connected
• Federal Focus: Employment First, Implementation HCBS

and WIOA

Your Advocacy Matters!

Making good things happen:

• IDD Caucus
• 250 Innovations slots
• New laws

Stopping bad bills:

• Teacher assault bill

General Assembly Highlights

• Uniform Law for Adult

Guardianship (HB 817)

• Medicaid Waiver

Protections for Military Families (HB 842)

• Free state issued ID for

individuals with IDD (HB 1033)

• Medicaid Transformation

Modifications (S 838)

NCGA continued

Budget

• 250 additional Innovation

waiver slots

• Governor’s Task Force

Reserve Fund ($20 Mil)

• LME/MCO Single Stream

funding

• TBI Funding

Study bills

• Strategic plan for

Behavioral Health Services

• Innovations Waiver: waitlist

and HCBS implementation

• Adequacy of Existing

Medicaid Rates Paid for Residential Treatment Services

We need your voice and experience

North Carolina

• 23 retiring
• More seats are in play

than we expected

• Expect leadership changes

What can you do?

• Vote!
• Reach out
• Educate

Your voice, your vote

• Recent changes in NC

Voting Law

• Partial reinstatement of

early voting

• Same day registration
• Out of precinct voting
• Voter ID not needed
• Know your rights!

Updates:

• Innovations waiver
• Deb Goda here all day and
• ffering a full presentation
• 1115 Waiver
• LME/MCO consolidation
• ABLE Act

Stay connected

The Arc of NC

• Facebook
• Twitter
• www.arcnc.org
• Action alerts
• Your local chapter

The Arc US

• Capitol Insider
• Action Alerts
• www.thearc.org

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