Current New York State Legislative Priorities:

Investment in Disability Services through a 7.8% Medicaid Rate Increase.

Establish a Human Services Wage Commission to address the low wages and pay inequity.

Move rate setting from Department of Health (DOH) to Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

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