The New York State Association of Health Care Providers (HCP) President and CEO Kathy Febraio, today commended the sponsors and cosponsors of the Better Care Better Jobs Act, which would provide a historic investment in home and community-based services to strengthen and expand access to services and to support increased rates and competitive wages for direct care workers, among other significant proposals.
Febraio said, “HCP has for far too long been calling on policymakers at the state and federal levels to urgently invest in home care. COVID-19 has only underscored the need to do so. Home care workers and the agencies that employ them have been undervalued and under-resourced for decades.”
Febraio continued, “HCP is proud that our own home state senators, Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Gillibrand, are cosponsoring this critically important measure. We call on the entire New York State Congressional Delegation to sign on as cosponsors. Moreover, we urge the swift passage of this bill into law to ensure that the home care industry has the resources necessary to care for patients at home.”
In conclusion Febraio urged, “state policymakers to follow the lead of their colleagues in Washington, by enacting policies that are helpful to New York’s home care system, rather than those policies that have and continually disrupt and harm it.”
Background on the Act can be found at the following links:
One-pager
House Bill
Senate Background
About New York State Association of Health Care Providers
The New York State Association of Health Care Providers, Inc. (HCP) is a statewide trade association representing the full spectrum of home and community-based care providers through information, advocacy, and education. HCP represents licensed home care services agencies, certified home health agencies, hospices, fiscal intermediaries, and related health organizations. Through a strong network of regional chapters and an active State office in Albany, HCP is a primary authority of the home health care industry.
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