ASSEMBLY ONE HOUSE 2023-2024 BUDGET BILL HIGHLIGHTS OPWDD 5% COLA* – $290.6 million to increase the 2.5% COLA to 8.5%. OPWDD Managed Care - extends the legal authority for OPWDD to implement managed care plans through 2028 by extending the authorization through 2025. Rejects increased...

We're down to the wire! We expect to see the Senate & Assembly One House Budget bills early next week. The next day or two are critical that you visit your local legislators, write and call! VISIT YOUR LOCAL DEMOCRATIC SENATORS & ASSEMBLYMEMBERS: We are asking every...

[caption id="attachment_10975" align="alignright" width="500"] Top, L-R: Tia Levinson (CP Westchester), Scott Robinson and Barbara Pettengill (CFDS), and Angela Marmet (Upstate CP). Bottom: CP State's Tim Ferguson presents to the DDPC Council.[/caption] CP State Affiliates recently presented to the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council the outcomes of...

As New York’s nonprofit disability service sector continues to struggle with the impacts of chronic underfunding, rising inflation costs, and widespread staffing shortages, the need to secure long-term investment from the State Government has never been more urgent. Now is the time to make our...

By NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, COMPA, CP State | December 19, 2022 Advocates express extreme disappointment in Governor Hochul’s veto of OMIG Reform legislation; Call for Immediate Action to address Crippling Medicaid Audits Albany, NY – The New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (The NYS Council),...