Breaking news! United States Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) has agreed to co-sponsor Senate Bill 1830, or the Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015. This bill calls for the reimbursement of counselors under Medicare. Thanks to Chelsey Zoldan- OCA Secretary- and Victoria Kress - Ohio Counseling Association Past-President- for their tireless advocacy efforts related to this legislation! This summer, OCA President Kara Kaelber, OCA President-Elect Martha Fleming, and OCA Past- President Victoria Kress, met with our state senators during the American Counseling Association's Institute for Leadership Training in Washington D.C. to discuss co-sponsoring this important legislation. Senator Brown's co-sponsorship puts us one step closer to our goal of counselor's being recognized as Medicare providers! Please contact Senator Brown and thank him for his support! See: http://www.brown.senate.gov/ Home | United States Senator Sherrod Brown Official website of the U.S. Senator for Ohio, Democratic party. Read more...< http://www.brown.senate.gov/ > Moving forward we are asking that all OCA members immediately contact Senator Rob Portman and request his co-sponsorship of this important legislation. Attached here< http://www.ohiocounseling.org/resources/Documents/Medicare%20Support%20Letter%20Portman%202015.docx > you will find a copy of a letter that was sent to Senator Portman on behalf of OCA. Please feel free to edit it and personalize it based on your ideas and experiences. See: http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/<http://www.portman.senate.gov/public > Nikol Bowen, PhD, PCC Assistant Professor Practicum & Internship Coordinator Counseling and Higher Education Patton College of Education Ohio University bowenn at ohio.edu <mailto: bowenn at ohio.edu > twitter.com/oupattoncollege< http://twitter.com/oupattoncollege > www.facebook.com/PattonCEHS< https://mail.ohio.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=2JT-dBA5qUGN1WW7Rz_ZVUOCiOUG-tBIRXZjazULcRBCaP4eh8dYsu2J4BGvYbvLDLloii50d8k.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fPattonCEHS > www.linkedin.com/in/pattoncollege< https://mail.ohio.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=2JT-dBA5qUGN1WW7Rz_ZVUOCiOUG-tBIRXZjazULcRBCaP4eh8dYsu2J4BGvYbvLDLloii50d8k.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.linkedin.com%2fin%2fpattoncollege > < https://mail.ohio.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=2JT-dBA5qUGN1WW7Rz_ZVUOCiOUG-tBIRXZjazULcRBCaP4eh8dYsu2J4BGvYbvLDLloii50d8k.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fuser%2fOhioPattonCollege >www.youtube.com/user/OhioPattonCollege< http://www.youtube.com/user/OhioPattonCollege > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/counselor_educ/attachments/20151201/a28f3d10/attachment.html
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