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Lobbying Center



As we have seen over the past several years, the actions of government officials can have a profound impact upon our profession. With the challenges facing the chiropractic profession, your participation in the legislative process is more imperative than ever. This lobbying center is your link to the latest legislative issues and will notify you of any actions that need to be taken.

In addition to the efforts undertaken by the Association and the members of our profession, the New York State Chiropractic Association also has a professional lobbyist serving the needs of our profession. The Association is represented by Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP. HSE works to monitor and affect the progress of proposed legislation or regulations that impact our profession through their strategic involvement. They arrange for the introduction of bills, track the progress of proposed regulations and lobby to secure or modify legislation and administrative action on behalf of the Association. HSE also provides direct contact with legislators, advocacy on behalf of the Association and the profession and immediate and appropriate reaction to proposed legislative actions. They also work with various state agencies such as the Workers' Compensation Board and the State Education Department.

Current Issues

Partnership Bill

A5956 sponsored by Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell and S1940 sponsored by Senator Charles Fuschillo

The legislation would permit doctors of chiropractic to form partnerships with medical doctors. The decision to form partnerships is 100% voluntary. This legislation would not force anyone to enter into partnerships but would allow MD's and DC's to make better business decisions. Current law requires the DC to give up their practice and become an employee of the MD - this obviously discourages the integration of practices.

Benefits of forming a partnership for the doctors include: consolidation of staff expenses, office expenses and other overhead.

Benefits for patients include: connected and coordinated care that will reduce inefficiencies, redundancies and excesses. Further, saves patients time and money as they can visit multiple providers in one location.

The future of healthcare is integrated, collaborative care.

Many other states already recognize this, including: Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Minnesota, Arizona, North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama.

Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment Guidelines

The Association and HSE have worked tirelessly on this issue. We continue to have ongoing discussion with the Workers' Compensation Board regarding issues that remain with the medical treatment guidelines including the issue of EMG. The work of the Association and HSE was instrumental in ensuring the adoption of maintenance care guidelines.

Healthcare Exchange Establishment

Since the establishment of the Exchange system, the Association has been focused on this issue. We are happy to report that the baseline policy coverage for any plan offered in New York will be required to include chiropractic coverage. The State has established regional advisory committees comprised of various healthcare providers to participate in meetings and conversations regarding the establishment of New York's healthcare exchange. There are three NYSCA members on three different regional committees representing the interests of the profession.

For any questions regarding the legislative activity of the Association, please contact the legislative committee chair, Mariangela Penna at mpennadc@verizon.net.
 
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