The Memphis Center for Independent Living

Senator Bill Frist and Deborah Cunningham.

Help Pass the Community Choice Act

The House and Senate are on their Spring Recess and Members are back in their home districts. Now is a great time to get your Senators and Representative to sign on!

Here are the Senators and Representatives that have signed on already. First set is for the Senate bill and the second set is for the House of Representatives bill. (The 2 bills have the same content; they just get different bill numbers.)

S.799

Title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/7/2007) Cosponsors (9) Related Bills: H.R.1621 Latest Major Action: 3/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

COSPONSORS (9), BY DATE
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 3/7/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 3/7/2007
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 3/7/2007
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] - 3/7/2007
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 3/7/2007
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 3/7/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 3/7/2007
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 3/7/2007
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 3/7/2007

H.R.1621

Title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] (introduced 3/21/2007) Cosponsors (3) Related Bills: S.799 Latest Major Action: 3/21/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

COSPONSORS (3)
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/29/2007
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] - 3/21/2007
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] - 3/29/2007

MCIL Journal Index 2007

Date Name
1/4/2007 Trip to Horshoe on MCIL
1/5/2007 ADAPT Youth Appalled at Parents Surgically Keeping Disabled Daughter Childlike
1/10/2007 MCIL comments on Mayor Herenton’s Liberty Bowl Stadium plan.
1/12/2007 ADAPT of Tennessee secures several commitments from Robert Lipscomb at the Memphis Housing Authority.
1/31/2007 Disabled People and Poverty in 2007.
2/1/2007 The Road To Freedom.
2/19/2007 Mental Retardation Is No More.
2/22/2007 Community Choices Act of 2007.
3/7/2007 Harkin introduces the Community Choice Act of 2007.
3/10/2007 Text of S799 the Community Choice Act.
3/26/2007 Tennessee ADAPT Success!
3/2/2007 Motorized Wheelchairs for Nursing Home Residents.
4/2/2007 U.S. Disgrace at UN Convention Signing Ceremony.
4/3/2007 Ask the Candidates to Answer the Questions!
4/5/2007 Help Pass the Community Choice Act.
4/26/2007 Report: U.S. Needs Better System for Disabled.
5/4/2007 When Your Health Privacy is Violated, Complain!
5/13/2007 Disability Rights and the Death Penalty.
5/20/2007 Project Action Announcement.
5/30/2007 Information on the "Ashley Treatment."
6/12/2007 Housing Crisis Facing People with Disabilities.
6/13/2007 Project Based Housing Vouchers and the "Family's Right to Move".
7/10/2007 ADAPT Pushes the Community Services Act.
6/8/2007 Four Memphis Schools To Become ADA Compliant.
6/27/2007 New Report Underscores Housing Crisis Facing People with Disabilities.
7/11/2007 ADAPT recap on Senate HELP Committee long-term care hearing.
7/15/2007 HUD Secretary Asks Housing Authorities for MFP Update.
7/26/2007 Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26, 2007.
8/6/2007 Municipal Election POLITICAL SOAPBOX.
8/8/2007 Disabled People and Physically Restraints in Nursing Facilities.
8/18/2007 FY 2006: Medicaid Expenditures for Institutions versus Community-Based Services.
8/25/2007 On a "Mission from ADAPT," Disability Activists Blow into the Windy City to Attack Segregation.
8/28/2007 Abusing Drugs In Nursing Facilities.
9/12/2007 ADAPT's 2007 Chicago Action.
9/13/2007 ADAPT at AFSCME.
9/20/2007 U of M professors' benefits fall short.
9/24/2007 Another handle? One U.S. Attorney's Lawsuit Against A Nursing Home.
9/25/2007 Community Choice Act Hearing in the U.S. Senate.
9/27/2007 Victory for Institutionalized Californians.
10/4/2007 AARP Supports the Community Choice Act.
10/22/2007 Get Involved!
12/9/2007 Nursing Home Closings Show Broken System