URGE YOUR STATE SENATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SUPPORT THESE BILLS!

For each new session of the General Assembly, bills introduced in previous sessions which have not been acted upon must be reintroduced if action by the new Assembly is desired.

Accordingly, on April 25, 2007 State Representative Michael Skindell reintroduced the Health Care For All Ohioans Act (HCFAOA) in the House of Representatives (H.B. 186), and on May 15, 2007 State Senator Dale Miller reintroduced it in the Senate (S.B. 168).

Co-sponsors of H.B. 186 are:  Jennifer Brady, Edna Brown, Michael DeBose, John Domenick, Lorraine Fende, Mike Foley, Bob Hagan, Joseph Koziura, Tom Letson, Clayton Luckie, Dale Mallory, Eugene Miller, Dan Stewart, Peter Ujvagi, Sandra Williams, and Kenny Yuko.

Co-sponsors of S.B. 168 are:  Teresa Fedor, Sue Morano, Tom Roberts and Shirley Smith.

If you don’t see your state representative or senator listed above, we urge you to phone, write or email them asking them to support these bills. (If you DO see your representative or senator listed, let them know you appreciate their support.)

Clicking Find Legislator by Zip Code will take you to a page where all you need do is fill in your zip code to be taken to page that shows who your State Representative and State Senator are. Click on their names to go to a page showing how to reach them. 

It would also be helpful for you to contact the members of the Healthcare Access and Affordability Committee, listed below. This is the Committee that holds hearings on the bill and controls whether it moves forward through the legislative process. (On May 17, 2007 Representative Skindell appeared before the Committee and gave testimony on H.B. 186)  Click any name in the table below for contact information.